Company's' Name: ABC Consultants

101, Known Street, Known Area, Known City, Pin .

Client:
Very Important Industries Ltd, Well Known City
Project:
XYZ Building

Job No.:
Design by:
Date:
Page No.

ABC/1001
UVW
21-Nov-15
C/101

CALCULATIONS OF CRACK WIDTH IN CONCRETE IN FLEXURE

+ TENSION AS PER IS:456-2000 AND IS 3370 (PART 2) : 2009
Calculates crack width in concrete for a given section with details of concrete grade,
type of Steel, and applied loads.

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Structural Element Mark

Characteristic cube strength of Concrete, f ck
M
Yield Strength of Steel, fy =
Modulus Elasticity of Concrete Ec = 5000 x SQRT( f ck ) =
Modulus Elasticity of Steel Es =
Modular Ratio, m, Es/Ec =

WALL-W2

3
3
#######
#######
8.000

N/mm2
N/mm2
N/mm2

Case: FLEXURE + TENSION - Section Details of WALL-W2

Breadth of Section, 'b', mm =

Depth of Section, 'h', mm =
2
Area of tension reinforcement, 'As1', mm =
Bar diameter of tension reinforcement, mm =
Area of compression reinf't, 'As2', mm2 =
Bar dia. of compression reinforcement, mm =

Maximum bar spacing, 'S', mm =

Cover to tension reinforcement, mm =
Applied Moment at service condn.,'M', kNm =

Applied Tension at service condn.'N', kN =

1000
350
2094
20
2094
20
150
20
150.00
225.00

Strain at the level considered, '1' =

Average Steel Strain at the level considered, 'm' =

Effective depth, 'd', mm =

Depth d', mm =
Neutral axis depth 'x', mm =
'acr', mm =
'Z', mm =
Steel Stress, 'fs', N/mm2=
Concrete Stress,'fc',N/mm2=

Distance 'a', mm

320.0
30.0
66.456
70.78
297.85
296.61
9.598
350

0.001659
0.001406

Case: Ignoring stiffening of concrete in tension zone

As per IS:456-2000
0.21984
Case: Considering stiffening effect, 0.2mm limit crack width > 0.2mm
Ref: IS 3370 (Pt.2):2009
Case: Considering stiffening effect, 0.1mm limit crack width > 0.1mm

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Design surface crack width, 'Wcr', mm :