CRACK WIDTH CALCULATION (BS 8110)

Reference: Project: Location: Input: Characteristic strengths of concrete Characteristic strengths of steel Modulus of elasticity of steel Modulus of elasticity of concrete (Refer Table 1.1) Beam width Beam height No. of tension Rebar Diameter of tension rebar Area of steel Minimum cover to tension reinfrocement Side cover to corner tension reinforcement Distance to centroid of tension reinforcement Applied Service Moment fcu = fy = Es = Ec = bb = hb = nbar= dbar= As = cmin = cside= d= M= 35 460 200 27 1000 250 8 10 628 N/mm2 N/mm2 kN/mm2 kN/mm2 mm mm mm mm2 Moesley page 138-140

50 mm 50 mm 195 mm 20 kNm

Output: 1. The analysis of cracked section using half of the instanteneous value of Ec to allow for creep effect Ec = 13.5 kN/mm2 2. The neutral axis position is given by 0.5 b x^2 + Es. As/ Ec x - Es.As.d/ Ec = 0 0.5 b = 500.00 Es. As/Ec = 9308.42 -Es.As.d/Ec = -1815142.42 The neutral axis position x= 51.66 mm 3. The stress in tension rebar fs = M/ ((d - x/3) As ) = 4. Overall extension per unit length at depth y below neutral axis e1 = y/ (d-x) fs/ Es = 179.05 N/mm2 6.24544E-06 y

Check maximum crack width at 2 locations: Point 1: at the soffit corner of the beam Point 2: at equidistance between neutral axis and tension reinforcement Point 1 2 Note: Dist. y 198.34 71.67 acr 72.78 85.34 e1 a' 250.00 0.001239 123.33 0.000448 em 0.000510743 0.000184557 wmax 0.091 0.035

acr= straight clear distance between rebar and point a' = the distance from compressive face to the point at which crack is calculated bt= the width of section at centroid of tensile steel wmax = 0.09 mm

5. Maximum crack width

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