Flexural Crack width Calculation for Rectangular RC Slab According ACI350-06 &ACI224R-01, Rev0

Project :- Project Designed by:- M. Abu Shady

Building :- Building Checked by:- M. Abu Shady
Element:- Element Date:- 27-Nov-23
Location:- Location M.A.S.
General Input :-
Width b 1000 mm Es 200000 N/mm2
Depth h 300 mm εc 0.003 mm
cover 50 mm εy 0.0021 mm
fy 420 N/mm 2
Ec 26587 N/mm2 ACI318 clause 8.5.1
fc' 32 N/mm 2
d 244 mm
Ma service 2.9 KN.m d' 56 mm
n= Es /Ec = 7.52

Section RFT. No of bars rebar Dia AS mm2

Top Rft. 8 T 12 Top = 912 mm2 S spacing Top = 125 mm
Bot. Rft. 8 T 12 Bot. = 912 mm2 S spacing Bot. = 125 mm
Exposure condition Water-retaining structures ACI224R-01,Table 4.1

1- Locate the Neutral axis & Calculate setcion properties:-

X-X εc= 0.000019 fc
d'= 56 εs' Cc = 0.5fc*y*b
As Top (n-1)As Top y= 51.83
N.A. N.A. N.A.

h= 300 d= 244
As Bot. nAs Bot.

A εs= 0.000070 T= fs * As
Tranformed Section Strain Stress
b= 1000
Taking moment of areas @ X-X,
[by+nAs Bot.+ (n-1)As Top]*y = by*y/2 + nAs Bot.*d + (n-1)As Top*d'
and simplify in form of Quadratic equation (ay2+by+c=0),
(b-b/2) * y2 + (nAs Bot.+ (n-1)As Top) * y + (-nAs Bot.*d - (n-1)As Top*d') = 0
Thus, a = 500.00
b= 12808.88 Thus, = 51.83 mm
c = -2007060.08

Ig = bh3/12 = 2,250,000,000 mm4 Ag = b*h = 300,000 mm2

Acr =by+ nAs Bot.+ (n-1)As Top = 64,639 mm2
Icr =by3/12+by*(y/2)2+ nAs Bot.*(d-y)2+ (n-1)As Top*(y-d')2 = 299,865,909 mm4

2- Check of Concrete & Steel Reinforcement stresses:-

= 3.51 N/mm2 ACI 318M-11, Eq 9-10

= 52.61 KN.m ACI 318M-11, Eq 9-9

fc a = Ma*y/Icr = 0.50 N/mm2 = 0.016 fc'

fs a=Ma(y-d)/(Icr/n) = 13.98 N/mm2 Ok < f s max = 250.00 N/mm2 , ACI350-06, Eq 10-4 & 10-5
= 0.033 fy
Ok < f s max= 320N/mm2 allowed for rebar Dia 12 mm used ,According ACI224R-04, Table4.2
Ok < f s max= 240N/mm2 allowed for spacing 125 mm used ,According ACI224R-04, Table4.3

3- Calculation of crack width :-

Crack width, = 0.018 mm ACI224R-01, Eq 4-2a

ok Crack Width <= wcr all= 0.100 mm, ACI224R-01,Table 4.1

Where, dc = 56.000 mm ACI224R-01, 4.2.1

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Flexural Crack width Calculation for Rectangular RC Slab According ACI350-06 &ACI224R-01, Rev0
Project :- Project Designed by:- M. Abu Shady
Building :- Building Checked by:- M. Abu Shady
Element:- Element Date:- 27-Nov-23
Location:- Location M.A.S.
ᵝ = 1.291 mm ACI224R-01, 4.2.1 & ACI350-06, Eq 10-6
A = 14,000 mm2 ACI224R-01, 4.2.2

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Rebar Area
DIA (mm) Area (mm2)
6 29
8 51
10 79
12 114
14 154
16 201
18 255

20 314

22 380
25 491
32 804

Element Type
Beam
Slab
ACI224R-01,Table 4.1, reasonable* crack widths,
reinforced concrete under service loads
Exposure condition Crack width mm
Dry air or protective membrane 0.41
Humidity, moist air, soil 0.3
Deicing chemicals 0.18
Seawater and seawater spray, wetting and drying 0.15
Water-retaining structures 0.1

Table 4.2—Maximum bar diameter for high bond bars

Steel stress, MPa
bar size, mm Maximum
32 160
25 200
20 240
16 280
12 320
10 360
8 400
6 450

Table 4.3—Maximum bar spacing for high bond bars

Maximum bar spacing, mm
Steel stress, Mpa
Pure flexure Pure tension
300
250 200 160
200 150 200
150 125 240
100 75 280
50 — 320
— 360
References
1-ACI350-06 &ACI224R-01,
2- Design of Reinforced Concrete by Jack C. McCormac_9th Ed-2013-1118129849_ACI 318-11.pdf
pages 43 (Example 2.3), 6.10 Control of Flexural Cracks
and excel sheets for chapter 6
http://www.mediafire.com/download/k42shb458odynac/Sheets_used_in_Design_of_Reinforced_Concrete_by_Jack_C._McCo
3- RCM ACI Builder v 5.3.0.0 by Eng. Hussein Rida
http://www.structural-experts.com/showthread.php?tid=742

4- Moment of Inertia of Cracked Section Transformed to Concrete

http://www.concrete.org/technical/ckc/314/314_design_aid_J_1-14_001.pdf
5-Quadratic eq
http://www.sosmath.com/algebra/quadraticeq/quadraformula/quadraformula.html

6- Equivalent Stiffness , Is =Ic/n

http://www.bgstructuralengineering.com/BGSMA/BGSMA_Itr/BGSMA_ITR02.htm
for axial force, εc = εc fc/Ec = fs/Es ==> F/(Ac Ec) = F/(As Es) ==> thus As Es = Ac Ec ==> As = Ac * Ec/Es = Ac /n
and for moment, εc = εc fc/Ec = fs/Es ==> M*y/(Is Es) = M*y/(Ic Ec) == > Is = Ic Ec/Es = Ic/n
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