Crack Control End restraint

Control of cracking due to end restraint

Input parameters Symbol Unit Value

Surface zone used in calculating A s,min h s,min mm 100 h s,min = k k c h/2

A s,min 2 A s,min = (h s,min x 1000) (f ctm / f yk ) Highlighted if A s < A s,min
Minimum area of reinforcement mm 420
Elastic modulus of concrete E cm GPa 30.2 Mean value of elastic modulus E cm (t)
Modular ratio αe 6.6
Based on full section thickness (coefficients k and k c are included in
Steel ratio for calculating crack-inducing strain (ε sm - ε cm ) ρ 0.013404
expression for (ε sm - ε cm )
Crack-inducing strain (ε sm - ε cm ) µε 426 (ε sm - ε cm ) = 0.5 α e k c k k cr f ctm (t c ) (1+1/(α e ρ))/E s
Stress in steel (should not exceed f yk ) σs MPa 171 σ s = 2 x E s x (ε sm - ε cm ) Highlighted if σ s > f ky
Crack width wk mm 0.30 w k = (ε sm - εcm) s r,max
Long term crack width
Age at cracking tc days 28 28 day properties provide safe values
Tensile strength of concrete f ctm MPa 3.51 Mean value of tensile strength f ctm
Minimum area of reinforcement A s,min mm2 702
Elastic modulus of concrete E cm GPa 35.2 Mean value of elastic modulus E cm
Modular ratio αe 5.7
Crack-inducing strain (ε sm - ε cm ) µε 704 (ε sm - ε cm ) = 0.5 α e k c k f ctm (t c ) (1+1/(α e ρ))/E s
Stress in steel (should not exceed f ky ) σs MPa 282 σ s = 2 x E s x (ε sm - ε cm ) Highlighted if σ s > f ky
Crack width wk mm 0.50 w k = (ε sm - εcm) S r,max

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