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DONHOLM RESIDENTIAL APARTMENTS

Section Sheet no./rev.
UNDERGROUND WATER TANKS 1
Calc. by Date Chk'd by Date App'd by Date
J.M.W 1/31/2022 ENG. J.W.M

CRACK WIDTH CALCULATION TO BS8110:PART 2:1985

TEDDS calculation version 1.0.02

Beam details
Section width; b = 250 mm
Section depth; h = 200 mm
Applied servicability limit state moment; Ms = 30.0 kNm
Material details
Characteristic strength of concrete; fcu = 25 N/mm2
Characteristic strength of reinforcement; fy = 500 N/mm2
Modulus of elasticity of the concrete ; Ec = (20kN/mm2 + 200  fcu) / 2 = 12.5 kN/mm2
Modulus of elasticity of reinforcement; Es = 200 kN/mm2
Reinforcement details
Area of tension reinforcement provided; As = 754 mm2
Diameter of tension reinforcement bars;  = 12 mm
Maximum spacing of tension reinforement bars; S = 150.0 mm
Minimum cover to tension reinforcement bars; cmin = 30 mm
Calculate design surface crack width
Effective depth of tension reinforcement; d = h - cmin -  / 2 = 164.0 mm
Modular ratio; m = Es / Ec = 16.000
n = As / (b  d) = 0.018
Depth to neutral axis; x = (- m  n + ((m  n)2 + 2  m  n))  d = 86.5 mm
Lever arm; z = d – x / 3 = 135.2 mm
Reinforcement stress; fs = Ms / (As  z) = 294.354 N/mm2
Concrete stress; fc = fs  As / (0.5  b  x) = 20.529 N/mm2
Strain at soffit of beam; 1 = (fs / Es)  (h - x) / (d - x) = 0.002155
Strain due to stiffening of concrete between cracks; 2 = 1N/mm2  b  (h - x)2 / [3  Es  As  (d - x)] = 0.000092
Average strain at soffit of beam; m = 1 - 2 = 0.002063

Distance of crack to surface of nearest tension bar; acr = ((S / 2)2 + (h - d)2) –  / 2 = 77.2 mm
Design surface crack width; w = 3  acr  m / (1 + 2  (acr – cmin) / (h - x)) = 0.261 mm