Crack Width Calc - 450mm Thk. Wall (2.4x3.0)
Crack Width Calc - 450mm Thk. Wall (2.4x3.0)
Crack Width Calc - 450mm Thk. Wall (2.4x3.0)
1 DATA
1.1 Type of structure or member 450MM THK. WALL
1.2 Grade of reinforcement (As per IS 1786) Fe 500
Permissible Tensile stress due to bending in Steel,σst = 130 N/mm2
(As per Table 4 of IS 3370)
1.3 Grade of concrete (RCC) M 30
Characteristic strength of concrete , fck = 30 N/mm2 `
1.4 Permissible compressive stress due to bending in concrete,σcbc = 10 N/mm2
Table 21 of IS 456:2000
1.5 Modulus of elasticity of steel, Es = 200000.00 N/mm2
1.6 Nominal cover to reinforcement, Cmin = 30 mm
Table 16 of IS 456:2000,
1.7 Limiting Design surface Crack Width = 0.1 mm
as per Cl. 4.4.1.2 IS3370:2009
2 USER INPUTS
3 CALCULATIONS
3.01 Effective cover to longitudinal tension steel, dc =Cmin+db/2+ds = 35 mm
3.02 Effective depth of section measured from extreme compression fiber, d = = 195 mm
h - dc
3.03 Distance from the compression face to the point at which the crack width = 230 mm
is being calculated, a = h
3.04 Modular ratio,m = 9.3
m=280/(3∗𝜎𝑐𝑏𝑐 )
3.05 Percentage of longitudinal tension reinforcement , p = As /(b d) = 0.0027
3.06 Constant for depth of neutral axis,k = 0.2002
√ (p m)2 + 2pm - (pm)
3.12 Strain due to stiffening effect of concrete in tension zone, ε2 ; Ref-ANNEX = 0.0007 For a
rectangular
F of IS 456:2000 tension zone
- Beam, Slab
ε2=(b∗(h−x)∗(a−X))/(3∗As∗Es∗(d−X))
3.15 Design surface Crack width for flexural members, Wcr = 0.015 mm
4 Summary
Wcr < allowable crack width,OK