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Concrete in practice
Concrete is a composite with properties that change with time. During service, the quality of concrete provided by initial curing can be improved by subsequent wetting as in the cases of foundations or water retaining structures. However, concrete can also deteriorate with time due to physical and chemical attacks. Structures are often removed when they become unsafe or uneconomical. Lack of durability has become a major concern in construction for the past 20 to 30 years. In some developed countries, it is not uncommon to find large amount of resources, such as 30 to 50% of total infrastructure budget, applied to repair and maintenance of existing structures. As a result, many government and private developers are looking into lifecycle costs rather than first cost of construction. Durability of concrete depends on many factors including its physical and chemical properties, the service environment and design life. As such, durability is not a fundamental property. One concrete that performs satisfactory in a severe environment may deteriorate prematurely in another situation where it is consider as moderate. This is mainly due to the differences in the failure mechanism from various exposure conditions. Physical properties of concrete are often discussed in term of permeation the movement of aggressive agents into and out of concrete. Chemical properties refer to the quantity and type of hydration products, mainly calcium silicate hydrate, calcium aluminate hydrate, and calcium hydroxide of the set cement. Reactions of penetrating agents with these hydrates produce products that can be inert, highly soluble, or expansive. It is the nature of these reaction products that control the severity of chemical attack. Physical damage to concrete can occur due to expansion or contraction under loading
A Lecture on Concrete Basics Concrete has been the most common building material for many years. It is expected to remain so in the coming decades. Concreting is widely used in domestic, rural, commercial, recreational and educational construction Communities around the world rely on concrete as a safe, strong and simple building material.
Types of Concrete 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Normal concrete High-Strength Concrete High Performance Concrete Air Entrained Concrete Light Weight Concrete Self Compacting Concrete Shotcrete
It is used in all types of construction; from domestic work to multi-storey office blocks and... [Read More]
8. Pervious Concrete
Properties of Concrete Hardened Concrete Properties Fresh Concrete Properties 1. Setting 2. Workability 3. Bleeding and Segregation a. Bleeding b. Segregation 4. Hydration 5. Air Entrainment
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Tests on Concrete
Concrete Mix Design Mix design can be defined as the process of selecting suitable ingredients of concrete and determining their relative proportions with the object of producing concrete of certain minimum strength and durability as economically as possible. Design of concrete mix requires... [Read More] Concrete Admixtures In concrete a substance other than active and inert matter, added in small amounts to the mix to alter its natural properties to required properties... [Read More] 1. Accelerating admixtures
Tests Slump Test Compression Test Test for Poisson's ratio of concrete Test for Mod. of Elasticity of concrete... [Read More]
Planning and site preparation The most important step in placing concrete is planning. Planning means to determine the workability required, the type of concrete to be made, method of placing and mode of transportation, etc. Always plan every step before any concrete is delivered. Proper planning avoids..... [Concrete
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Applications of special concrete Special Concrete includes hot & cold weather concreting, prestressed concrete, high performance concrete, Polymer modified and self compacting concrete.... [Read More] 1. Cold Weather Concreting 2. Hot weather Concreting
Lab work & Practicals Civil Engineering Practicals of concrete, Engineering materials and other fields available for a free download here: Civil Engineering Practical Notebooks
Concrete is a stone like substance obtained by permitting a carefully proportioned mixture of cement, sand and gravel or other aggregate and water to harden in forms of the shape and of dimensions of the desired structure.
Reinforced Concrete is a structural material, is widely used in many types of structures. It is competitive with steel if economically designed and executed.
It has relatively high compressive strength It has better resistance to fire than steel It has long service life with low maintenance cost In some types of structures, such as dams, piers and footings, it is most economical structural material It can be cast to take the shape required , making it widely used in pre-cast structural components It yields rigid members with minimum apparent deflection Yield strength of steel is about 15 times the compressive strength of structural concrete and well over 100 times its tensile strength By using steel, cross sectional dimesions of structural members can b ereduced e.g in lower floor columns
Related Pages ACI Code Safety Reinforcement ratioDisadvantages of reinforced concrete Working Stress Design Doubly Reinforced Design Precast Concrete Construction Cement PropertiesRCC Design Procedure Reinforcement Books Reinforcement Detailing in Concrete
It needs mixing, casting and curing, all of which affect the final strength of concrete The cost of the forms used to cast concrete is relatively high It has low compressive strength as compared to steel (the ratio is about 1:10 depending on material) which leads to large sections in columns/beams of multistory buildings Cracks develop in concrete due to shrinkage and the application of live loads
It is based on the ultimate strength of the structural members assuming a failure condition, whether due to the crushing of concrete or due to the yield of reinforced steel bars. Although there is additional strength in the bar after yielding (due to Strain Hardening), this additional strength in the bar is not considered in the analysis or design of the reinforced concrete members. In the strength design method, actual loads or working loads are multiplied by load factor to obtain the ultimate design loads. The load factor represents a high percentage of factor for safety required in the design. The ACI code emphasizes this method of design.
deflection, no excessive deformation and no cracking or vibrations No excessive reinforcement. Must be able to perform the function, it is built for.
1. Strain in concrete is the same as in reinforcing bars at the same level, provided that the bond between the concrete and steel is adequate 2. Strain in concrete is linearly proportional to the distance from the neutral axis. 3. Modulus of elasticity for all grades of steel is taken as Es = 29 x 10 ^ 6 psi. The stress in the elastic range is equal to the strain multiplied by Es. 4. Plane cross sections continue to be plane after bending. 5. Tensile strength of concrete is neglected because: o Concrete's tensile strength is about 1/10 of its compressive strength. 6. Cracked concrete is assumed to be not effective Before cracking, the entire cross section is effective in resisting the external moments. 7. The method of elastic analysis, assuming an ideal behavior at all levels of stress is not valid. At high stresses, non-elastic behavior is assumed, which is in close agreement with the actual behavior of concrete and steel. 8. At ultimate strength, the maximum strain at the extreme compression fibers is assumed to be equal to 0.003 by the ACI code provisions. At the ultimate strength, the shape of the compressive stress distribution may be assumed to be rectangular, parabolic or trapezoidal.
Loads
Structural members must be designed to support specific loads. Loads are those forces for which a structure should be proportioned. Loads that act on structure can be divided into three categories. 1. Dead loads 2. Live loads 3. Environmental loads
Dead Loads:
Dead loads are those that are constant in magnitude and fixed in location throughout the lifetime of the structure. It includes the weight of the structure and any permanent material placed on the structure, such as roofing, tiles, walls etc. They can be determined with a high degree of accuracy from the dimensions of the elements and the unit weight of the material.
Live loads:
Live loads are those that may vary in magnitude and may also change in location. Live loads consists chiefly occupancy loads in buildings and traffic loads in bridges. Live loads at any given time are uncertain, both in magnitude and distribution.
Environmental loads:
Consists mainly of snow loads, wind pressure and suction, earthquake loads (i.e inertial forces) caused by earthquake motions. Soil pressure on subsurface portion of structures, loads from possible ponding of rainwater on flat surfaces and forces caused by temperature differences. Like live loads, environmental loads at any given time are uncertain both in magnitude and distribution.
Nominal strength
Actual strength from the material properties is called the nominal strength. Nominal x = Design strength
As safe design is achieved when the structural strength obtained by multiplying the nominal strength by the reduction factor , exceeds or equals the strength needed to withstand the factored loads. where Design process is the reverse of loading. Design starts Mu, Vu and Pu equals external factored moments, shear forces from the foundation, unlike and axial forces. the load which transfers to the foundation only at the Mn, Vn and Pn equals the nominal moment, shear and axial end. capacity of the member respectively
Beams:
Long horizontal or inclined members with limited width and height are called beams. Their main function is to transfer loads from the slab to the columns.
Column:
Columns are vertical members that support loads from the beam or slabs. They may be subjected to axial loads or moments.
Frames:
Frames are structural members that consists of combination of slab, beams and columns
Footings:
Footings are pads or strips that support columns and spread their load directly to the soil.
Walls:
Walls are vertical plate elements resisting gravity as well as lateral loads e.g retaining walls, basement walls. etc
Codes of Practice
Code is a set of technical specifications and standards that control important details of design and construction. The purpose of code is to produce sound structures so that the public will be protected from poor and inadequate design and construction.
Frther the ACI code defines a tension controlled member as one with a net tensile strain greater than or equal to 0.005. The coresponding strength reduction factor is = 0.9. For compression controlled members as having a net tensile strain of less than 0.002. The strength reduction factor for compression controlled members is 0.65. A value of 0.70 may be used if members are spirally reinforced and ACI code allows a linear interpolation of based on as shown. 0.005 => = 0.9 0.002 ==> = 0.65
Mu = As fy (d - a/2) a = As fy / 0.85 fc' b If Mu required > Md of simply reinforced beam . Proceed with doubly reinforced beam design.
Step # 2:
Find excess moment i.e Mu1 = Mu - Mu2 and determine the resulting compression steel area As1 = As and rentaively assume that fs = fy, then As' = Mu1 / fy (d - d' )
Step# 3:
Find the total tensile stel area i.e As = As' + As2
Step # 4:
Check whether the compression steel is yielding or not and use the corresponding stress in the steel for calculating the forces and moments. If compression steel is less than fy, then the compression steel area is to be revised ==> As' fs' < As' fy ==> increase As rev. The revised compression steel area acting at fs must provide the same force as the trial steel area that was assumed to act at fy. So C = T1 A's rev f 's= As trial fy A's rev = As trial fy / fs' Tensile steel area need not to be revised because it acts at fy, as assumed.
Step # 5:
Step # 6:
Select appropriate bar size and draw the sketches.