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Crack Width As Per ACI 318 - Spreadsheet

The document summarizes the calculation of crack width in concrete according to industry standards ACI 318-11 and ACI 224.1R. It provides the material properties, geometric properties, and calculations for cracking moment, tensile stress in reinforcement, and crack width. The calculations show that the cracking moment is less than the service moment and the calculated crack width exceeds the limit, indicating non-compliance with the standards.

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Crack Width As Per ACI 318 - Spreadsheet

The document summarizes the calculation of crack width in concrete according to industry standards ACI 318-11 and ACI 224.1R. It provides the material properties, geometric properties, and calculations for cracking moment, tensile stress in reinforcement, and crack width. The calculations show that the cracking moment is less than the service moment and the calculated crack width exceeds the limit, indicating non-compliance with the standards.

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Crack width calculation as per AC1 318-11 & ACI 224.

1R

Steel properties (for steel reinforcement, ASTM A615M grade 420 Mpa)

fy = 420 Mpa
= 60.9 ksi
Es = 210000 Mpa

Concrete properties

γ= 24 kN/m3
f'c = 24 Mpa
λ= 1 (Clause 11.6.4.3 of ACI 318M-11)
Ec = 4700 * √ f'c Mpa
= 23025.204 Mpa
= 2.30E+07 kpa
n= Es / Ec
= 9.12E+00

fr = 0.62 * λ * √f'c Mpa (Modulus of rupture of concrete as per ACI-318M:11)


= 3.0373673 Mpa

Geometric properties

b= 1000 mm
h= 600 mm
Cover, Cc = 75 mm
W limit = 0.1 mm (Crack width Limit)
Rebar Dia, ds
= 20 mm
Rebar area= 314 mm2
Spacing S = 75 mm

Total rebar
2
area = As 4.19E+03 mm
3
Ig = b*h / 12 m4
4
= 0.018 m
yt= h/2 m
0.3 m
d= h-Cc- (ds /2)
= 515 m
dc = Cc + (ds/2)
85 mm

Cracking moment and moment at service loads:

Msrv = 225 kN.m (Service moment from calculation)


Mcr = fr * Ig / yt kN.m (Cracking moment from ACI 318M-11, Eq 9-9)
= 182.242 kN.m

Calculation of Tensile Stress in reinforcement at service loads:

B= b / n* As
-1
= 0.026 mm
c = √(2*B*d+1)-1 / B (Neutral Axis Depth)
= 163.776 mm
3 2
Icr = b*c / 3 + n * As * (d-c) (Moment of Inertia of cracked section transformed to concrete)
4
= 6.175E+09 mm
fs = Msrv / Icr * n * (d-c) (Steel stress)
= 116.72696 Mpa

fc = Msrv / Icr * c (Concrete stress)


= 5.967881 Mpa

Verification:
T = As * fs kN
= 488.000 kN
C = 0.5*b*c*fc kN
= 488.000 kN

Therefore internal couple T = C, OK

M = T*(d-c/3) kN.m
= 225 kN.m

Msrv = 225 kN.m

Therefore couple moment M = Msrv, OK

for design purposes the effect of compression (σs) on steel stress ignored
fs (final) = fs - σs
= 1.17E+05 kPa

Calculation crack width as per ACI

Step: 1 Calculation of spacing and crack width (ACI 318-11)

Smax = 380 * (280 / fs)-2.5 Cc (Maximum spacing as per ACI 318-11, Clause 10.6.4)
= 7.24E+02 mm
S provided = 75 mm

Smax > S, Rebar spacing provided match the Code requirement, OK

Step: 2 Comparison of Cracking Moment and Moment at Service Loads

Mcr = 182.242 kNm

Msrv = 225 kNm

Mcr < Msrv, Not ok

Step: 3 Calculation of crack width (ACI 224.1R)

β = h-c / d-c
= 1.2420106
dc = 85 mm
A= 2*dc*s
2
= 1.28E+04 mm

2 2
W= 2*(fs/Es)*β*√dc +(s-2) (Crack Width ACI 224.1R-07, Eq1-1)
= 0.13 mm

W > W Limit , Not ok

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