Calculation of Flexural Crack Width - IS 456 : 2000 : Clause 35.3.2 & 43.

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b c = (fs / E c)

d d h
s fs / E s
Cmin
acr
1
Strain Diagram

CHECK FOR CRACK WIDTH FOR LONGITUDINAL REINFORCEMENT

Serviciability State Moment For load case 109 Mx 848 / 1.5 566 kNm/m
Serviciability State Axial Force P 0 kN
C/C bar Spacing of Tension Reinforcement Spc FOR REINFORCEMENT ALONG X 100 mm
st
Diameter of Tension Reinforcement Bars 1 Layer t1 i.e longitudnal dir. 25 mm
Diameter of Spacer Bar s 10 mm
Diameter of Tension Reinforcement Bars 2nd Layer t2 mm
Nominal Cover to 1st layer of reinforcement nc 75 mm
Diameter of Link Bar l mm
Width of Section b & bt 1000 mm Total depth of member h 1200 mm
Dist from comp face to the point at which the crack is being calculated (Usually 'h' if crack on tension face) a 1175 mm
Minimum clear cover to tension reinforcement 50 mm
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Concrete modulus (28 day) Ec28 = 5000fck 27386 N/mm Steel modulus Es 200000 N/mm 2
Area of Tension Reinforcement As 4908.74 mm 2
Tension reinforcement proportion p = As / (b d) 0.004
Eff. Depth of Tension Reinf. d = h - nc - l/2 1112.50 mm
Creep coefficient  1.10
Eff. Modulus of the concrete, Eeff = Ec / (1 + ) 13041 N/mm
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Modular ratio, for cracked section m = E s / Eeff 0.068 15.34

x/d = [p m + 2(mp)] - mp
2 2
Ratio of Neutral axis depth to Eff. Depth 0.306
Depth to neutral axis x=kd 340.9 mm
Lever arm z = d - x/3 998.9 mm
Stress in tension steel fs = [Ms / (As z)] should be < 0.8f y 115.4 N/mm 2
Compressive Stress in concrete fcb = 2Ms / (z b x) should be < 0.45f ck 3.32 N/mm 2
Strain at the level considered 1 = (fs / Es) (a - x) / (d - x) 0.0006
(calculated ignoring the stiffening effect of concrete in the tension zone)
Strain at the level considered 2 = P / (b h E eff ) 0.000
(calculated considering the stiffening effect of concrete due to Axial load)
Net effective Strain '1 = 1 - 2 0.00062
Distance from critical crack position to surface of rebar acr 67.54 mm
(max crack width occurs midway between the bars on tension face)
Average strain at level where crack is considered m = '1 - [bt (h - x) (a - x) / (3 Es As (d - x))] 0.000309

SURFACE CRACK WIDTH wcr = (3 acr m) / (1 + 2 (acr - cmin) / (h - x) ) 0.060072

=< 0.2 mm OK
 CHECK FOR CRACK WIDTH FOR TRANSVERSE REINFORCEMENT
Serviciability State Moment For load case 131 Mu, max 1905 / 1.5 1270 kNm/m
Serviciability State Axial Force P 0 kN
C/C bar Spacing of Tension Reinforcement Spc FOR REINFORCEMENT ALONG Y 100 mm
st
Diameter of Tension Reinforcement Bars 1 Layer t1 i.e transverse dir. 32 mm
Diameter of Spacer Bar s 10 mm
Diameter of Tension Reinforcement Bars 2nd Layer t2 mm
Nominal Cover to 1st layer of reinforcement nc 75 mm
Diameter of Link Bar l mm
Dist from comp face to the point at which the crack a 1175 mm
is being calculated (Usually 'h' if crack on tension face) d 1109 mm
Area of Tension Reinforcement As 8042 mm 2
Tension reinforcement proportion p = As / (b d) 0.007
Modular ratio, for cracked section m = E s / Eeff 0.111 15.34
Ratio of Neutral axis depth to Eff. Depth x/d = [p2m2 + 2(mp)] - mp 0.373
Depth to neutral axis x=kd 414.0 mm
Lever arm z = d - x/3 971.0 mm
fs = [Ms / (As z)] should be < 0.8f y 2
Stress in tension steel 162.6 N/mm
fcb = 2Ms / (z b x) should be < 0.45f ck 2
Compressive Stress in concrete 6.3 N/mm
Strain at the level considered 1 = (fs / Es) (a - x) / (d - x) 0.0009
(calculated ignoring the stiffening effect of concrete in the tension zone)
Strain at the level considered 2 = P / (b h E eff ) 0.000
(calculated considering the stiffening effect of concrete due to Axial load)
Net effective Strain '1 = 1 - 2 0.0009
Distance from critical crack position to surface of rebar acr 66.80 mm
(max crack width occurs midway between the bars on tension face)
Average strain at level where crack is considered m = '1 - [bt (h - x) (a - x) / (3 Es As (d - x))] 0.00071
SURFACE CRACK WIDTH wcr = (3 acr m) / (1 + 2 (acr - cmin) / (h - x) ) 0.136843
=< 0.2 mm OK