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CRACK WIDTH CALCULATION TO BS8110:PART 2:1985

TEDDS calculation version 1.0.02

Beam details
Section width; b = 13000 mm
Section depth; h = 300 mm
Applied servicability limit state moment; Ms = 8.0 kNm
Material details
Characteristic strength of concrete; fcu = 32 N/mm2
Characteristic strength of reinforcement; fy = 460 N/mm2
Modulus of elasticity of the concrete; Ec = (20kN/mm2 + 200  fcu) / 2 = 13.2 kN/mm2
Modulus of elasticity of reinforcement; Es = 200 kN/mm2

Reinforcement details
Area of tension reinforcement provided; As = 565 mm2
Diameter of tension reinforcement bars;  = 12 mm
Maximum spacing of tension reinforement bars; S = 200.0 mm
Minimum cover to tension reinforcement bars; cmin = 25 mm
Calculate design surface crack width
Effective depth of tension reinforcement; d = h - cmin -  / 2 = 269.0 mm
Modular ratio; m = Es / Ec = 15.152
n = As / (b  d) = 0.000
Depth to neutral axis; x = (- m  n + ((m  n)2 + 2  m  n))  d = 18.2 mm
Lever arm; z = d – x / 3 = 262.9 mm
Reinforcement stress; fs = Ms / (As  z) = 53.850 N/mm2
Concrete stress; fc = fs  As / (0.5  b  x) = 0.258 N/mm2
Strain at soffit of beam; 1 = (fs / Es)  (h - x) / (d - x) = 0.000303
Strain due to stiffening of concrete between cracks; 2 = 1N/mm2  b  (h - x)2 / [3  Es  As  (d - x)] = 0.012143
Average strain at soffit of beam; m = 1 - 2 = -0.011841
Average strain at soffit of beam is negative - no cracking occurs