CALCULATION FOR CRACKWIDTH CHECK (Y direction Bottom)

LOCATION : Pit Slab

Section Properties
Width of the section, b
b
Depth of the section, D
D
Pressure height of water
h
h/d Ratio
h/D
Concrete Strength (Cylinder)
Fck
Clear cover
c
Diameter of bar (First Layer)
[1]
Diameter of bar (Second Layer)
[2]
Spacing of bars
s
effective depth of section
d =500-50-0.5*16
Area of steel
Ast =3.14*16^2/4*(1000/150)+3.14*0^2*/4*1000/150)
Axial tensile strength of concrete equals to tensile strength
fct,eff of concrete f
Yield Strength
Secant Modulus of elasticity of Concrete
Modulus of elasticity of Steel
Modular ratio (M)

Ecm
Es

=200000/26700

1000
500
900
1.8
30
50
16
0
150
442
1340
2.90
500.00
26700
200000
7.5

Maximum Bending Moment from Quasi-Permanent Combinations

M
w k,limiting
Limiting Crack Width

mm
mm
mm
2

N/mm
mm
mm
mm
mm
mm
2
mm
N/mm2
N/mm2
N/mm2
N/mm2

24 kN-m
0.200 mm

CALCULATION FOR CRACK WIDTH:

Crack Width
Where
Sr,max

is the maximum final crack spacing

sm

Is the mean strain in the reinforcement under the relevant combination

loads allowing for the contribution of concrete to tension stiffening

cm

Is the mean strain in the concrete.

Sectional area of the zone of the concrete section in which the reinforcement is effective
Ac,eff
Effective reinforcement ratio

= min(2.5*(500-442),(500-149)/3),500/2)*1000
(Ast + ^2*Ap)/Ac,eff
reff
=
=
=

Depth of neutral axis

[assuming section to be cracked]

=1340/117000
- mr +

=
Tensile stress in steel

ss

149

k1
k2
k3
k4

=
=
=
=

0.011453

(mr )2 + 2mr d

mm

{As (d

=24*10^6/(1340*(442-(149/3)))" 46

= (46-((0.4*2.9)/0.011)*(1+7.5*0.011))/200000
=

mm2

M
- x 3)}

sm - cm

117000

N/mm2

>

0.6xs/Es

-0.0003217

0.000137

0.000137

0.80
0.50 As per 7.3.4EN
3.40
1992-2004
0.425
=

3.4*50+0.425*0.8*0.5*16/0.0115

407

mm

Hence crack width

wk

0.056 mm

<

0.2 mm

OK

CHECK FOR MINIMUM AREA OF REINFORCEMENT TO CONTROL CRACK WIDTH:

Minimum area of reinforcement to ensure controlled cracking, Ac =
Coefficient to account for nature of force, Kc

K c Kf ct .ef Act .ef

ss
0.4

Kc = 1.0
Kc = 0.4

Coefficient to account for non uniform self equilibrating forces, k

=
0.68
Tensile strength of Concrete before cracking fct.eff
=
2.9 N/mm2
Area of Concrete within Tensile Zone, (Act =B(D-x) ) or BD for Purer tension =
351000 mm2
The tensile stress in steel for the applied external loading, ss
=
500 N/mm2
Minimum area of reinforcement to ensure controlled cracking, As
=
553.738 mm2

(Pure Tension)
(Bending)