Flexural Crack width Calculation for Rectangular RC

Slab

Project
Building

Project :Building :Element:Location:-

Element
Location

General Input :Width b

1000

mm

Es

200000

Depth h

300

mm

0.003

50

mm

0.0021

cover
fy

420

N/mm2

Ec

26587

fc'

32

N/mm2

244

Ma service

2.9

KN.m

d'

56

n= Es /Ec =

7.52

rebar Dia

AS mm

8 T 12 Top

= 912 mm2

8 T 12 Bot.
= 912 mm2
Bot. Rft.
Exposure condition Water-retaining structures

Section RFT.

No of bars

Top Rft.

spacing Top
spacing Bot.

1- Locate the Neutral axis & Calculate setcion properties:X-X

d'= 56
As Top

(n-1)As Top

N.A.

N.A.

h= 300

d= 244
As Bot.

y= 51.83

nAs Bot.

A
Tranformed Section
b= 1000
Taking moment of areas @ X-X,
[by+nAs Bot.+ (n-1)As Top]*y = by*y/2 + nAs Bot.*d + (n-1)As Top*d'
and simplify in form of Quadratic equation (ay2+by+c=0),
(b-b/2) * y2 + (nAs Bot.+ (n-1)As Top) * y + (-nAs Bot.*d - (n-1)As Top*d') = 0
Thus, a =

500.00

b= 12808.88
c = -2007060.08
Ig = bh3/12

Thus,

= 2,250,000,000 mm4

Acr =by+ nAs Bot.+ (n-1)As Top

Ag = b*h

= 300,000 mm2

= 64,639 mm2

Icr =by3/12+by*(y/2)2+ nAs Bot.*(d-y)2+ (n-1)As Top*(y-d')2

= 299,865,909 mm4

2- Check of Concrete & Steel Reinforcement stresses:= 3.51

N/mm2

ACI 318M-11, Eq 9-10

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Flexural Crack width Calculation for Rectangular RC

Project :Building :Element:Location:= 52.61
fc a = Ma*y/Icr

= 0.50

fs a=Ma(y-d)/(Icr/n)

Slab

Project
Building
Element
Location

KN.m

ACI 318M-11, Eq 9-9

N/mm2

= 0.016 fc'

= 13.98
N/mm
= 250.00
Ok < f s max
= 0.033 fy
Ok < f s max= 320N/mm2 allowed for rebar Dia 12 mm used ,A
Ok < f s max= 240N/mm2 allowed for spacing 125 mm used ,A
2

3- Calculation of crack width := 0.018 mm

Crack width,

ok Crack Width <=

Where, dc = 56.000 mm

= 1.291 mm

A = 14,000 mm2

ACI224R-01, 4.2.1

ACI224R-01, 4.2.1 & ACI350-06, Eq 10-6

ACI224R-01, 4.2.2

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According ACI350-06 &ACI224R-01, Rev0

Designed by:- M. Abu Shady
Checked by:- M. Abu Shady
30-Jul-15
Date:M.A.S.
N/mm2
mm
mm
N/mm2

ACI318 clause 8.5.1

mm
mm

= 125 mm
= 125 mm
ACI224R-01,Table 4.1

fc

###
s'

Cc = 0.5fc*y*b

N.A.

T= fs * As

###
Strain

Stress

= 51.83 mm

= 300,000 mm2
= 299,865,909 mm4

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According ACI350-06 &ACI224R-01, Rev0

Designed by:- M. Abu Shady
Checked by:- M. Abu Shady
30-Jul-15
Date:M.A.S.

N/mm2 , ACI350-06, Eq 10-4 & 10-5

d for rebar Dia 12 mm used ,According ACI224R-04, Table4.2

d for spacing 125 mm used ,According ACI224R-04, Table4.3

ACI224R-01, Eq 4-2a
wcr all= 0.100 mm, ACI224R-01,Table 4.1

01, 4.2.1 & ACI350-06, Eq 10-6

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Rebar Area
DIA (mm)

Area (mm2)

6
8
10
12
14
16
18

29
51
79
114
154
201
255

20

314

22
25
32

380
491
804

Element Type
Beam
Slab

ACI224R-01,Table 4.1, reasonable* crack widths,

reinforced concrete under service loads
Exposure condition
Dry air or protective membrane
Humidity, moist air, soil
Deicing chemicals
Seawater and seawater spray, wetting and drying
Water-retaining structures

Crack width mm

0.41
0.3
0.18
0.15
0.1

Table 4.2Maximum bar diameter for high bond bars

bar size, mm
32
25
20
16
12
10
8
6
Table 4.3Maximum bar spacing for high bond bars
Maximum bar spacing, mm
Pure flexure
300
250
200
150
100
50

Steel stress, MPa

Maximum
160
200
240
280
320
360
400
450

Pure tension
200
150
125
75

Steel stress, Mpa

160
200
240
280
320
360

References
1-ACI350-06 &ACI224R-01,
2- Design of Reinforced Concrete by Jack C. McCormac_9th Ed-2013-1118129849_ACI 318-11.pdf
pages 43 (Example 2.3), 6.10 Control of Flexural Cracks
and excel sheets for chapter 6
http://www.mediafire.com/download/k42shb458odynac/Sheets_used_in_Design_of_Reinforced_Concret
3- RCM ACI Builder v 5.3.0.0 by Eng. Hussein Rida
http://www.structural-experts.com/showthread.php?tid=742
4- Moment of Inertia of Cracked Section Transformed to Concrete
http://www.concrete.org/technical/ckc/314/314_design_aid_J_1-14_001.pdf
5-Quadratic eq
http://www.sosmath.com/algebra/quadraticeq/quadraformula/quadraformula.html

6- Equivalent Stiffness , Is =Ic/n

http://www.bgstructuralengineering.com/BGSMA/BGSMA_Itr/BGSMA_ITR02.htm

for axial force, c = c fc/Ec = fs/Es ==> F/(Ac Ec) = F/(As Es) ==> thus As Es = Ac Ec ==> As = A
and for moment, c = c fc/Ec = fs/Es ==> M*y/(Is Es) = M*y/(Ic Ec) == > Is = Ic Ec/Es = Ic/n

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