CRACKWIDTH CALCULATION

1 Parameters
Overal depth of the section (D) = 1500
Width of the section (W) = 7850
Clear cover (Cmin) = 50
Effective cover cover (C) = 66
Effective depth (d) = 1434
Grade of concrete = 35
Grade of steel = 500
Maximum moment (M) = 4000.00
Reinforcement provided
in Tension zone 32 mm @ 100 mm c/c 126243.072
32 mm @ 100 mm c/c
in Compression zone 20 mm @ 200 mm c/c 12328.425
0 mm @ 200 mm c/c
Elastic modulus of steel (Es) = 200000
Elastic modulus of concrete (Ec ) = 5000 x SQRT(35) = 29580.3989154981
Modular ratio (m) 200000/29580.3989154981 = 6.761

2 Calculation of neutral axis

Transformed area of compression steel
= (6.761 - 1 ) x 12328.425 = 71026.9417428113
Transformed area of tension steel
= (6.761x126243.072 ) = 853558.955446388
To find neutral axis, taking moment about neutral axis

〖��〗 ^2/2+A𝑡𝑠�(�−�)−"A" ��𝑡(𝑑−�)=0

= -256067686.634
depth of neutral axis from compression face
x = 393.760

Which gives Moment of Inertia

Ix = 1/3 x7850 x393.76^3 + 71026.942( 393.76 - 66)^2 +853558.955 x1040.24 ^2
1091016619857.42
3 Calculation of stress & strain
Stress in steel is given by fs = m x M (d-x)/Ix
= 6.761 x (4000000000 x (1434 - 393.76) ) /1091016619857.42
= 25.786
Strain in tension steel =fs/Es = 25.786 /200000
= 0.0001289313
The strain on the tension face of the member
ɛt = 0.0001371115
The stiffening effect of the concrete in tension zone
b(h-x)(a-x) = 0.0001219203
ɛ2=
3(d-x)AsEs
Average strain at the level of cracks ɛm= = 0.0000151912
CRACKED SECTION

Distance from position of crack to nearst bar acr = 93.3380951166

The design surface crack widths are
�_��=(3 𝑎_�� Crack width at Corner = 0.00394
ɛ_𝑚)/
(1+2((𝑎_��−𝐶_𝑚� Crack width at surface = 0.00228
𝑛)/(𝐷−�)))
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 CRACKWIDTH CALCULATION

1 Parameters
Overal depth of the section (D) = 1200
Width of the section (W) = 7850
Clear cover (Cmin) = 50
Effective cover cover (C) = 62.5
Effective depth (d) = 1137.5
Grade of concrete = 35
Grade of steel = 500
Maximum moment (M) = 1816.31
Reinforcement provided
in Tension zone 25 mm @ 100 mm c/c 77052.65625
25 mm @ 100 mm c/c
in Compression zone 16 mm @ 125 mm c/c 12624.3072
0 mm @ 125 mm c/c
Elastic modulus of steel (Es) = 200000
Elastic modulus of concrete (Ec ) = 5000 x SQRT(35) = 29580.3989154981
Modular ratio (m) 200000/29580.3989154981 = 6.761

2 Calculation of neutral axis

Transformed area of compression steel
= (6.761 - 1 ) x 12624.307 = 72731.5883446388
Transformed area of tension steel
= (6.761x77052.656 ) = 520971.042142571
To find neutral axis, taking moment about neutral axis

〖��〗 ^2/2+A𝑡𝑠�(�−�)−"A" ��𝑡(𝑑−�)=0

= 0.000
depth of neutral axis from compression face
x = 321.685

Which gives Moment of Inertia

Ix = 1/3 x7850 x321.685^3 + 72731.588( 321.685 - 62.5)^2 +520971.042 x815.815 ^2
438724848909.63
3 Calculation of stress & strain
Stress in steel is given by fs = m x M (d-x)/Ix
= 6.761 x (1816307719.15492 x (1137.5 - 321.685) ) /438724848909.629
= 22.836
Strain in tension steel =fs/Es = 22.836 /200000
= 0.0001141786
The strain on the tension face of the member
ɛt = 0.0001229259
The stiffening effect of the concrete in tension zone
b(h-x)(a-x) = 0.0001605608
ɛ2=
3(d-x)AsEs
Average strain at the level of cracks ɛm= = -0.0000376349
UNCRACKED SECTION

Distance from position of crack to nearst bar acr = 88.3883476483

The design surface crack widths are
�_��=(3 𝑎_�� Crack width at Corner = -0.0091772521
ɛ_𝑚)/
(1+2((𝑎_��−𝐶_𝑚� Crack width at surface = -0.0056452403
𝑛)/(𝐷−�)))
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