Flexural Crack width Calculation for Rectangular RC

Project :Building :Element:Location:Project Building Element Location

Slab

According ACI350-06 &ACI224R-01, Rev0

Designed by:- M. Abu Shady Checked by:- M. Abu Shady 15-Nov-13 Date:M.A.S.

General Input :Width b Depth h cover fy fc' Ma service 1000 300 50 420 32 2.9 No of bars mm mm mm N/mm2 N/mm2 KN.m Es c y Ec d d' n= Es /Ec = Section RFT. Top Rft. Bot. Rft. rebar Dia 8 T 12 Top AS mm2 = 912 mm2 = 912 mm2 S spacing Top = 125 mm S spacing Bot. = 125 mm ACI224R-01,Table 4.1 200000 0.003 0.0021 26587 244 56 7.52 N/mm2 mm mm N/mm2 mm mm ACI318 clause 8.5.1

8 T 12 Bot. Exposure condition Water-retaining structures

1- Locate the Neutral axis & Calculate setcion properties:X-X d'= 56 As Top N.A. h= 300 As Bot. A Tranformed Section 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 c = -2007060.08 Thus, = 51.83 mm N.A. d= 244 nAs Bot. s= 0.000070 Strain T= fs * As Stress (n-1)As Top y= 51.83 N.A. c= 0.000019 s' fc Cc = 0.5fc*y*b

Ig = bh3/12

= 2,250,000,000 mm4

Ag = b*h

= 300,000 mm2 = 299,865,909 mm4

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

2- Check of Concrete & Steel Reinforcement stresses:= 3.51 = 52.61 fc a = Ma*y/Icr fs a=Ma(y-d)/(Icr/n) = 0.50 N/mm2 KN.m N/mm2
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ACI 318M-11, Eq 9-10 ACI 318M-11, Eq 9-9 = 0.016 fc'

Ok < f s max = 13.98 = 250.00 N/mm 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 ACI224R-01, 4.2.1 & ACI350-06, Eq 10-6 ACI224R-01, 4.2.2

= 1.291 mm

A = 14,000 mm2

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Rebar Area DIA (mm) 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 25 32 Area (mm2) 29 51 79 114 154 201 255 314 380 491 804

Element Type Beam Slab

ACI224R-01,Table 4.1, reasonable* crack widths, reinforced concrete under service loads Exposure condition Dry air or protective membrane Humidity, moist air, soil Deicing chemicals Seawater and seawater spray, wetting and drying Water-retaining structures Table 4.2Maximum bar diameter for high bond bars bar size, mm 32 25 20 16 12 10 8 6 Table 4.3Maximum bar spacing for high bond bars Maximum bar spacing, mm Pure flexure 300 250 200 150 100 50 Steel stress, MPa Maximum 160 200 240 280 320 360 400 450 Crack width mm

0.41 0.3
0.18 0.15 0.1

Pure tension 200 150 125 75

Steel stress, Mpa 160 200 240 280 320 360

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._McC 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, c = c fc/Ec = fs/Es ==> F/(Ac Ec) = F/(As Es) ==> thus As Es = Ac Ec ==> As = Ac * Ec/Es = Ac /n and for moment, c = c fc/Ec = fs/Es ==> M*y/(Is Es) = M*y/(Ic Ec) == > Is = Ic Ec/Es = Ic/n

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s = Ac /n