A presentation on

CAUSES AND PREVENTION OF

CRACKS IN BUILDINGS
Presented by
MRS. POOJA VARWATKAR
MR. AMOL TAMBE

Under guidance of
MRS. VRUSHALI JALVANKAR MAM
Department of civil engineering
Dalvi educational and charitable trust
MAHARASHTRA POLYTECHNIC
Contents
• Introduction
• Objective
• Literature review
• Methodology
• Conclusion
 INTRODUCTION
• A crack is a complete or incomplete separation of concrete into two
or more parts, produced by breaking or fracturing.
• The cracks in the concrete wall would cause the leakage of the
building; it reduces the stiffness, durability and seismic performance
of buildings.
TYPES OF CRACKS
• Structural cracks-
These cracks occur due to incorrect design, faulty construction or
overloading and these may endanger the safety of a building.
• Non structural cracks-
They are due to internal forces developed in materials due to moisture
variations, temperature variation, crazing, effects of gases, liquids etc.
Causes and preventive measures
A. Elastic Deformation
B. Thermal Movement C. Chemical Reaction
D. Shrinkage
E. Foundation Movement and Settlement of Soil
F. Earthquake
G. Vegetation
H. Poor Construction practices
Objectives of works
• To underline the importance of assuring good serviceability
behavior of structural or infilling masonry walls so as to avoid
defects, mainly cracking.
• To identify the most common types of masonry cracking associated
with the serviceability
• behavior of masonry walls in buildings;
• To present some strategies for crack repairs;
• To give some recommendations and guidance to both prevent and
repair cracking in enclosure and partition masonry walls;
 LITERATURE REVIEW
• Study type of cracks in construction and its controlling, Kazem reza kashyzadeh, et.al. (August 2012): Shortly describe
about what should know every civil engineer in the face of the building has been cracking. Mostly, useful life of many
buildings is lower than strength loading. In some cases, restorative work can cause more serious problems and extend
the results to be more cracking and more make damage in building.

• Study on causes of cracks & its preventive measures in concrete structures, Pooja Nama, Ankush Jain, Rajat Srivastava
and Yash Bhatia, et.al. Vol. 5, Issue 5, Part-2 (May 2015): This paper is divided into four parts. First part comprises of
basic introduction about cracks and about the previous attempts which are made by the research scholars, second part
contains the case study, visual identification of cracks and causes with preventive measures and third part contains
techniques to cure crack.
• Development of cracks in concrete, preventive measures and treatment methods, Rajveer Singh Narwaria,
Archana Tiwari, et.al. Vol 03 Issue: 09 Sep-2016: It concluded that if proper care and supervision is taken
then the formation of cracks can be prevented and if the formation still occurs then according to the cracks
suitable measures can be done to treat it. Epoxy based resins is one such resins if properly used to treat
cracks, then epoxy treatment serves good as compared to the damaged parts.
METHODOLOGY
 CONCLUSION
• Though it is impossible to guarantee against cracking yet attempts
can be made to minimize development of crack.

• In case of existing cracks, after detail study and analysis of crack

parameters, most appropriate method of correction should be
adopted for effective and efficient repair of crack.