Reinforcement to Control Cracking to BS8007

INPUT
15.5
300
2.4
39
20

Concete strength
Steel yield strength
Bar bond strength
Initial fall in temperature
Seasonal fall in temperature

fcu
fy
fb
T1
T2

Coeff of thermal expansion

wmax

Crack width
Wall thichness

??
????

1.00E-05
0.2 mm
400 mm

Thickness of surface zone

concrete tensile strength

N/mm2
N/mm2
N/mm2
deg C
deg C

b/2
fct=0.12*fcu^0.7

200.00 mm
0.82 N/mm2

pcrit
fct / fb

pcrit=fct/fy

Thermal contraction

te=0.5**(T1+T2)
% =(te*fct/fb)/(2*Wmax)
As=1000*%*b/2

Eurocode recommends 3 N/mm2 / BS uses 1.6N/mm2

0.00272

fct / fb

0.34

Reference Tables

Use if unjointed length > 15m

% steel
As
IF p<pcrit =>
IF p>pcrit =>

Values of T1 deg C
18mm ply formwork

Thickness mm
0.000295

OPC content kg/m3

50.23 mm2/m

0.000251

350

400

325

350

400

23

25

31

15

17

21

500
700
1000

32
38
42

35
42
47

43
49
56

25
32
39

28
36
44

34
43
52

As req = pcrit*1000*b/2
As req = As*

Bar diameter

p=As*
8
10
12
14
16
20
22
25

0.0020
0.0025
0.0030
0.0035
0.0040
0.0050
0.0055
0.0063

p>pcrit?
n
n
y
y
y
y
y
y

As req
545
545
603
703
804
1005
1105
1256

Spacing
92
144
188
219
250
313
344
391

Bars/m
11
7
5
5
4
3
3
3

fb
Type 1 deformed
Type 2 plain
Coeff of thermal exp
limestone
granite
flint

2.4
1.6

8.00E-06
1.00E-05
1.20E-05

Thickness of surface zone

Max thickness
250mm
Bottom of ground slab 100mm

Design with joints

Design with complete expansion joints

The joints are less than

4.8+(wmax/1000)/te

5.5

m apart. Use 2/3 pcrit

As req = pcrit*1000*b/2
Maximum distance between cracks

smax=/(3*p)

Bar diameter

p=2/3 pcrit
0.0018
0.0018
0.0018
0.0018
0.0018
0.0018

8
10
12
16
20
25

smax
1.47
1.84
2.20
2.94
3.67
4.59

As req
363
363
363
363
363
363

Spacing < each face

138
216
311
553
864
1351

Bars/m
7
5
3
2
1
1

As req
363
363
363
363
363
363

Spacing < each face

138
216
311
553
864
1351

As req
363
363
363
363
363
363

Spacing < each face

138
216
311
553
864
1351

Design with expansion and partial joints

d=0.5smax+2,4+wmax/te

Max. distance between joints

Bar diameter

p=2/3 pcrit
0.0018
0.0018
0.0018
0.0018
0.0018
0.0018

8
10
12
16
20
25

smax
1.47
1.84
2.20
2.94
3.67
4.59

3.81
4.00
4.18
4.55
4.91
5.37

Design only with partial joints

d=smax+wmax/te

Max. distance between joints

Bar diameter
8
10
12
16
20
25

p=2/3 pcrit
0.0018
0.0018
0.0018
0.0018
0.0018
0.0018

smax
1.47
1.84
2.20
2.94
3.67
4.59

2.15
2.51
2.88
3.61
4.35
5.27

ground slabs

325

300