31 Aug 2020 12:35:02 - Crack width 2.

sm

Ref : Reinforced concrete design by Pillai Menon

Dimensions of Beam b 900 mm
Properties of Material fy 500 MPa fck 35 MPa
d 900 mm
5
Es 2 10 MPa
Msls 2380 kN m
cov 50 mm 0.5
fck 10
d_bar 32 mm Ec 5000 MPa 2.958 10 Pa
MPa
Reinforcement Data
2
Ast 17693 mm

2
Asc 5000 mm
d_bar
d1 cov
2

creep coefficient θ 1.1

Ec
Effective modulus of elasticity Eceff 14085.9042 MPa
1 θ

Es
m 14.1986
modular ratio Eceff

deff d cov d_bar

effective depth of beam
b
a1
2
b1 1.5 m 1 Asc m Ast

c1 1.5 m 1 Asc cov m Ast d

2
b1 b1 4 a1 c1
xu 0.42498321 m
2 a1

second moment of area of the cracked - transformed section -Icr

3
b xu 2 2 4
Icr 1.5 m Asc xu d1 m Ast deff xu 0.0756 m
3

taking moment about the NA

m Msls deff xu
fst 175.7838 MPa
Icr

Permissible compressive force= 0.33 fck 11.55 MPa

2
compressive force due to concrete Cc1 0.5 b xu 0.1912 m

1.5 m 1 Asc xu d1 2
compressive force due to Reinforcement Cs1 0.0857 m
xu
Ast fst
compressive stress in concrete fc1 11.2291 MPa
Cc1 Cs1

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