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Crack Width Concrete

This document contains calculations for the crack width of a beam based on details provided. The beam has a width of 300mm and depth of 500mm. With an applied serviceability moment of 100kNm, the reinforcement details and material properties are used to calculate the crack width. Key values calculated include the depth to the neutral axis, reinforcement stress, and strain values. The resulting design surface crack width is determined to be 0.180mm.

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Crack Width Concrete

This document contains calculations for the crack width of a beam based on details provided. The beam has a width of 300mm and depth of 500mm. With an applied serviceability moment of 100kNm, the reinforcement details and material properties are used to calculate the crack width. Key values calculated include the depth to the neutral axis, reinforcement stress, and strain values. The resulting design surface crack width is determined to be 0.180mm.

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CRACK WIDTH CALCULATION TO BS8110:PART 2:1985


TEDDS calculation version 1.0.02

Beam details
Section width; b = 300 mm
Section depth; h = 500 mm
Applied servicability limit state moment; Ms = 100.0 kNm
Material details
Characteristic strength of concrete; fcu = 40 N/mm2
Characteristic strength of reinforcement; fy = 500 N/mm2
Modulus of elasticity of the concrete; Ec = (20kN/mm2 + 200  fcu) / 2 = 14.0 kN/mm2
Modulus of elasticity of reinforcement; Es = 200 kN/mm2
Reinforcement details
Area of tension reinforcement provided; As = 942 mm2
Diameter of tension reinforcement bars;  = 20 mm
Maximum spacing of tension reinforement bars; S = 98.0 mm
Minimum cover to tension reinforcement bars; cmin = 30 mm
Calculate design surface crack width
Effective depth of tension reinforcement; d = h - cmin -  / 2 = 460.0 mm
Modular ratio; m = Es / Ec = 14.286
n = As / (b  d) = 0.007
Depth to neutral axis; x = (- m  n + ((m  n)2 + 2  m  n))  d = 163.2 mm
Lever arm; z = d – x / 3 = 405.6 mm
Reinforcement stress; fs = Ms / (As  z) = 261.725 N/mm2
Concrete stress; fc = fs  As / (0.5  b  x) = 10.072 N/mm2
Strain at soffit of beam; 1 = (fs / Es)  (h - x) / (d - x) = 0.001485
Strain due to stiffening of concrete between cracks; 2 = 1N/mm2  b  (h - x)2 / [3  Es  As  (d - x)] = 0.000203
Average strain at soffit of beam; m = 1 - 2 = 0.001282

Distance of crack to surface of nearest tension bar; acr = ((S / 2)2 + (h - d)2) –  / 2 = 53.3 mm
Design surface crack width; w = 3  acr  m / (1 + 2  (acr – cmin) / (h - x)) = 0.180 mm

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