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: ABC/1001
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Project: XYZ Building Page No. C/101

SPREADSHEET OF CALCULATIONS OF CRACK WIDTH IN CONCRETE IN

DIRECT 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.

Structural Element Mark WALL-W1

Characteristic cube strength of Concrete, f ck M 3
Yield Strength of Steel, fy = 3 N/mm2
2
Modulus Elasticity of Concrete Ec = 5000 x SQRT( f ck ) = 2.50E+04 N/mm
Modulus Elasticity of Steel Es = 2.00E+05 N/mm2
Modular Ratio, Es/Ec = 8.000

Case: DIRECT TENSION - Section Details of WALL-W1

Breadth of Section, 'b', mm = 1000 'acr', mm = 81.04
2
Depth of Section, 'h', mm = 250 Conc. Stress, 'fct', N/mm = 1.43
2
Total area of tension reinforcement, 'Ast', mm = 2680 Steel Stress, 'fs', N/mm2= 142.91
Bar diameter, mm = 16 Distance 'a', mm 250
Maximum bar spacing, 'S', mm = 150
Cover to tension reinforcement, mm = 40
Applied Service Tension, 'N', kN = 383.00

Strain at the level considered, 'ε1' = 0.000715

Average Steel Strain at the level considered, 'εm' = 0.000404
Design surface crack width, 'Wcr', mm :
Case: Ignoring stiffening of concrete in tension zone 0.00173 As per IS:456-2000
Case: Considering stiffening effect, 0.2mm limit crack width N/A
Ref: IS 3370 (Pt.2):2009
Case: Considering stiffening effect, 0.1mm limit crack width 0.00106 RCDesignCD