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Item
Crack width

Date

Checker

10-May-07 Tayeb Kazemi

Contact Email
Tayeb.kazemi@stskconsulting.co.uk

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BS 5400 pt 4
C.L. 5.8.8.2

CALCULATIONS

OUTPUT

Crack width

3acr m
1 2(acr cnom ) /( h d c )

acr

is distance from the point (crack) considered to the surface of the nearest bar
which controls the crack width;
Cnom is the required nominal cover
dc is the depth of the concrete in compression (if dc is 0 use BS5400 Pt 4 Eq. 26)
h is the overall depth
m is the calculated strain at the level where cracking is being considered, allowing
for the stiffening effect of the concrete in the tension zone;

m 1 [

Mq
3.8bt h( a' d c )
][(1
)10 9 ]
s As ( h d c )
Mg

but shall not be greater than

is the calculated strain at the level where cracking is being considered, ignoring
stiffening of the concrete in the tension zone;
bt is the width of the section at the level of the centroid of the tension steel;
a' is the distance from the compression face to the point at which the crack width is
being calculated;
Mg
is the moment at the section considered due to permanent loads ;
Mq
is the moment at the section considered due to live loads;
s is the calculated strain in the tension reinforcement, ignoring the stiffening effect
of the concrete in the tension zone;
As is the area of tension reinforcement
b
Mg
=
Mq
=
Ec
=
Ec
=
Es
=
b
Bar spacing
Bar dia.
Cnom
Cover
Thickness
a'

acr

47.4
164.6
30.8
27.36
205
1000
150
25
45
76
500
469

m = Es / Ec

KNm
KNm
kN/mm
Short term
KN/mm
Intermediate value
KN/mm
mm
mm
mm
mm
mm
mm
mm (equals h unless cover
is more than nominal)

S 2
bar.dia 2 bar.dia
) (C
)

2
2
2

205 /

27.4 =

7.5

Taking first moment of area about the neutral axis

2

bx
= A s m( d x )
2
As

3272.49 mm

x
d

82 mm

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x =

OUTPUT

119.64 mm (dc)
-173.9 Not acceptable

Stress

My Mm( d x / 3)

I
I

Second moment of area

I =I ' + I ''+ A 1 d
I
Stress(steel) =

2.1E+08 x

( a'x )
1=
=
E s (dx)
m =

1.10E-03

w =

0.22703 mm

3.13E+09 mm4

7.5 x( 411.5 3.1E+09

188.79 x(
469 205000 x( 411.5 -

Allowable crack width = 0.25 mm

0.22703 <

0.25

12

O.K.

40 )

119.64 )
119.64 )

188.79 N/mm

0.0011

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