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Crack Width Calculation

This document calculates crack width in a reinforced concrete section. It provides parameters of the section like dimensions, reinforcement details, material properties. It then calculates the neutral axis depth, moment of inertia, stresses and strains in the steel. Based on the average strain at cracks, it determines if the section is cracked or un-cracked and calculates the crack widths at the corner and surface.

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Crack Width Calculation

This document calculates crack width in a reinforced concrete section. It provides parameters of the section like dimensions, reinforcement details, material properties. It then calculates the neutral axis depth, moment of inertia, stresses and strains in the steel. Based on the average strain at cracks, it determines if the section is cracked or un-cracked and calculates the crack widths at the corner and surface.

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CRACKWIDTH CALCULATION

1 Parameters
Overal depth of the section (D) = 1500
Width of the section (W) = 7850
Clear cover (Cmin) = 50
Effective cover cover (C) = 66
Effective depth (d) = 1434
Grade of concrete = 35
Grade of steel = 500
Maximum moment (M) = 4000.00
Reinforcement provided
in Tension zone 32 mm @ 100 mm c/c 126243.072
32 mm @ 100 mm c/c
in Compression zone 20 mm @ 200 mm c/c 12328.425
0 mm @ 200 mm c/c
Elastic modulus of steel (Es) = 200000
Elastic modulus of concrete (Ec ) = 5000 x SQRT(35) = 29580.3989154981
Modular ratio (m) 200000/29580.3989154981 = 6.761

2 Calculation of neutral axis


Transformed area of compression steel
= (6.761 - 1 ) x 12328.425 = 71026.9417428113
Transformed area of tension steel
= (6.761x126243.072 ) = 853558.955446388
To find neutral axis, taking moment about neutral axis

〖��〗 ^2/2+A𝑡𝑠�(�−�)−"A" ��𝑡(𝑑−�)=0


= -256067686.634
depth of neutral axis from compression face
x = 393.760

Which gives Moment of Inertia


Ix = 1/3 x7850 x393.76^3 + 71026.942( 393.76 - 66)^2 +853558.955 x1040.24 ^2
1091016619857.42
3 Calculation of stress & strain
Stress in steel is given by fs = m x M (d-x)/Ix
= 6.761 x (4000000000 x (1434 - 393.76) ) /1091016619857.42
= 25.786
Strain in tension steel =fs/Es = 25.786 /200000
= 0.0001289313
The strain on the tension face of the member
ɛt = 0.0001371115
The stiffening effect of the concrete in tension zone
b(h-x)(a-x) = 0.0001219203
ɛ2=
3(d-x)AsEs
Average strain at the level of cracks ɛm= = 0.0000151912
CRACKED SECTION

Distance from position of crack to nearst bar acr = 93.3380951166


The design surface crack widths are
�_��=(3 𝑎_�� Crack width at Corner = 0.00394
ɛ_𝑚)/
(1+2((𝑎_��−𝐶_𝑚� Crack width at surface = 0.00228
𝑛)/(𝐷−�)))
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CRACKWIDTH CALCULATION

1 Parameters
Overal depth of the section (D) = 1200
Width of the section (W) = 7850
Clear cover (Cmin) = 50
Effective cover cover (C) = 62.5
Effective depth (d) = 1137.5
Grade of concrete = 35
Grade of steel = 500
Maximum moment (M) = 1816.31
Reinforcement provided
in Tension zone 25 mm @ 100 mm c/c 77052.65625
25 mm @ 100 mm c/c
in Compression zone 16 mm @ 125 mm c/c 12624.3072
0 mm @ 125 mm c/c
Elastic modulus of steel (Es) = 200000
Elastic modulus of concrete (Ec ) = 5000 x SQRT(35) = 29580.3989154981
Modular ratio (m) 200000/29580.3989154981 = 6.761

2 Calculation of neutral axis


Transformed area of compression steel
= (6.761 - 1 ) x 12624.307 = 72731.5883446388
Transformed area of tension steel
= (6.761x77052.656 ) = 520971.042142571
To find neutral axis, taking moment about neutral axis

〖��〗 ^2/2+A𝑡𝑠�(�−�)−"A" ��𝑡(𝑑−�)=0


= 0.000
depth of neutral axis from compression face
x = 321.685

Which gives Moment of Inertia


Ix = 1/3 x7850 x321.685^3 + 72731.588( 321.685 - 62.5)^2 +520971.042 x815.815 ^2
438724848909.63
3 Calculation of stress & strain
Stress in steel is given by fs = m x M (d-x)/Ix
= 6.761 x (1816307719.15492 x (1137.5 - 321.685) ) /438724848909.629
= 22.836
Strain in tension steel =fs/Es = 22.836 /200000
= 0.0001141786
The strain on the tension face of the member
ɛt = 0.0001229259
The stiffening effect of the concrete in tension zone
b(h-x)(a-x) = 0.0001605608
ɛ2=
3(d-x)AsEs
Average strain at the level of cracks ɛm= = -0.0000376349
UNCRACKED SECTION

Distance from position of crack to nearst bar acr = 88.3883476483


The design surface crack widths are
�_��=(3 𝑎_�� Crack width at Corner = -0.0091772521
ɛ_𝑚)/
(1+2((𝑎_��−𝐶_𝑚� Crack width at surface = -0.0056452403
𝑛)/(𝐷−�)))
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