Cylinderical Compressive Strength Cube Compressive Strength Modulus of Elasticity

3750 4688 3491 24066283 24066

PSI PSI KSI KN/M2 N/MM2 Psi

Fy m 200/fy

60000 18.82 0.0033

45 43 21.5

1.98199

Cube Compressive Strength Cylinderical Compressive Strength

3750

0.168227 3.616885

5866 0.5

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FLEXURE CRACK WIDTH CALCULATIONS AS PER BS 8110 & 8007

INPUT IN BLUE FONTS 1 Input Data Compressive Strength of Mature Concrete Yield strength of Steel Depth of Section Effective Depth of Section for As Effective Depth of Section for As' Width of Section Modulus of Elasticity of Steel Area of Tension steel Area of Compression steel Applied Service Moment Maximum bar spacing Minimum cover to tension reinforcement Bar dia 2 Hit and Trial Method to achieve Equilibrium Condition Modulus of Elasticity of Concrete Depth of Neutral Axis Concrete Strain Ec x Change 'x ' ec Change Strain Value 3 Allowable Concrete and Steel Stresses Reinforcement stress < 0.8fy Concrete stress < 0.45fcu 4 Calculation for Neutral Axis location Equilibrium Equation C=T C = 0.5Ec ec x b + As' Es es T= As Es es M = 0.5*Ec ec b x (d-x/3) + As' Es es (d-d') M =As Es es (d-x/3) + As' Es es (x/3 -d') From Similar Triangle x/d= ec/(ec+es) x=ec/ec+es es=ec.d/x -ec Substituting the value of es and x in Eq-2 and Eq-3 T C For C = T the Difference is M = 0.5*Ec ec b x (d-x/3) + As' Es es (d-d') M =As Es es (d-x/3) + As' Es es (x/3 -d') For M = Maps the Difference is NG 5 Calculation of Tension Stiffness Effect 0.0072692 1453.846 1535.625 81.779 273.853 259.269 -726.147 KN KN Eq-1 Eq-2 Eq-3 Eq-4 Eq-5 Eq-6 fs = Es * es fc = Ec * ec 1453.85 47.25 N/mm2 N/mm2 >0.8Fy >0.45Fcu 0.0035000 13.50 65.000 KN/mm2 mm 0.0035 Fcu Fy h d d' b Es As As' M aps S C db 35.00 460.00 250.00 200.00 0.00 1000.00 200.00 1000.00 0.00 1000.00 150.00 40.00 20.00 N/mm2 N/mm2 mm mm mm mm KN/mm2 mm2 mm2 KN-Mtr mm mm mm

Substituting the value of es and x in Eq-4 and Eq-5

KN-Mtr KN-Mtr

Strain at soffit of concrete beam/slab Strain due to stiffening effect of concrete between cracks

e1 = es(h-x)/(d-x)

0.0099615

e2 = b(h-x)2/(3EsAs(d-x) em = e1 - e2

0.00042 0.0095390

Calculation of acr

"acr " is distance from the point considered to the surface of the nearest longitudinal bar

acr = ((S/2)2 +dc2 )0.5-db/2 dc = Cmin + db/2

80.139 50.000 1.599

mm mm mm

Calculated crack width

w = 3.acr.em/(1+2.(acr-c)/(h-x))