Project Spreadsheets to EC2 The Concrete Centre

Client KAHRAMAA Made by Date Page

Location VC 2/1 URK 3-Dec-19 202
FLEXURAL CRACK WIDTH CALCULATION to BS EN 1992-1 : 2004 Checked Revision Job No
Originated from TCC14.xls v3.1 on CD © 2002-2005 BCA for RCC RECTANGULAR - GT645

LEGEND

INPUT
fck = 40 MPa Area of tension steel, As = 2093 mm2
fyk = 500 MPa d= 405 mm
b = 1000 mm Area of compression steel, As = 2 2093 mm2
h = 500 mm d = 2 95 mm
QP moment, M = 54 KNm Maxmum tension bar spacing, S = 150 mm
Age at cracking = 14 days Max tension bar dia, Øeq = 20 mm
Creep factor, φ = 2.0 Cover to As, c = 75 mm

CALCULATIONS
modulus of elasticity of concrete = 22[(fck+8)/10]0.3 Ecm = 35.2 GPa
moduli of elasticity of steel Es = 200.0 GPa
Modular ratio αe = 17.04
mean concrete strength at cracking fcm,t = 44.18 MPa
mean concrete tensile strength fct,eff = 3.23 MPa
uncracked neutral axis depth
[bh²/2+(αe-1)(Asd+As2d2)]/[bh+(αe-1)(As+As2)] xu = 250.00 mm
uncracked 2nd moment of area
bh³/12+bh(h/2-x)²+(αe-1)[As(d-x)²+As2(x-d2)²] Iu = 12029 mm4 106
cracking moment = fctI/(h-x) Mcr = 155.41 kNm
> 54 kNm→ section is uncracked
fully cracked neutral axis depth
(-Asαe-As2(αe-1)+[{Asαe+As2(αe-1)}²+2b{Asαed+As2d2(αe-1)}]½)/b xc = 130.90 mm
concrete stress = M/[bx(d-x/3)/2+(αe-1)As2(x-d2)/x(d-d2)] σc = 2.037 MPa
stress in tension steel = σc∙αe(d-x)/x σs = 72.7 MPa
effective tension area = min[2.5(h-d), (h-x)/3, h/2]b - As Ac,eff = 120939 mm2
As /Ac,eff ρp,eff = 0.0173
max final crack spacing = min[1.3/(h-x),3.4c+0.17Ø/ρp,eff)] sr,max = 451.5 mm
average strain for crack width calculation εsm-εcm = 218.0 μstrain
CALCULATED CRACK WIDTH Wk = 0.098 mm
 Project Spreadsheets to EC2 The Concrete Centre
Client KAHRAAMA Made by Date Page
Location VC 2/1 URK 3-Dec-19 202
FLEXURAL CRACK WIDTH CALCULATION to BS EN 1992-1 : 2004 Checked Revision Job No
Originated from TCC14.xls v3.1 on CD © 2002-2005 BCA for RCC RECTANGULAR - FB625

LEGEND

INPUT
fck = 40 MPa Area of tension steel, As = 1340 mm2
fyk = 500 MPa d= 217 mm

b = 1000 mm Area of compression steel, As = 2 1340 mm2

h = 300 mm d = 2 83 mm
QP moment, M = 26.9 KNm Maxmum tension bar spacing, S = 150 mm
Age at cracking = 14 days Max tension bar dia, Øeq = 16 mm
Creep factor, φ = 2.0 Cover to As, c = 75 mm

CALCULATIONS
modulus of elasticity of concrete = 22[(fck+8)/10]0.3 Ecm = 35.2 GPa
moduli of elasticity of steel Es = 200.0 GPa
Modular ratio αe = 17.04
mean concrete strength at cracking fcm,t = 44.18 MPa
mean concrete tensile strength fct,eff = 3.23 MPa
uncracked neutral axis depth
[bh²/2+(αe-1)(Asd+As2d2)]/[bh+(αe-1)(As+As2)] xu = 150.00 mm
uncracked 2 nd
moment of area
bh³/12+bh(h/2-x)²+(αe-1)[As(d-x)²+As2(x-d2)²] Iu = 2443 mm4 106
cracking moment = fctI/(h-x) Mcr = 52.60 kNm
> 26.9 kNm→ section is uncracked
fully cracked neutral axis depth
(-Asαe-As2(αe-1)+[{Asαe+As2(αe-1)}²+2b{Asαed+As2d2(αe-1)}]½)/b xc = 79.93 mm
concrete stress = M/[bx(d-x/3)/2+(αe-1)As2(x-d2)/x(d-d2)] σc = 3.588 MPa
stress in tension steel = σc∙αe(d-x)/x σs = 104.8 MPa
effective tension area = min[2.5(h-d), (h-x)/3, h/2]b - As Ac,eff = 72015 mm2
As /Ac,eff ρp,eff = 0.0186
max final crack spacing = min[1.3/(h-x),3.4c+0.17Ø/ρp,eff)] sr,max = 401.2 mm
average strain for crack width calculation εsm-εcm = 314.4 μstrain
CALCULATED CRACK WIDTH Wk = 0.126 mm
National Annex values
EC2 Ref Function Value
7.2 (2) k1 0.6 stress limit - concrete
7.2 (3) k2 0.45 linear creep limit
7.2 (5) k3 0.8 stress limit - steel
7.3.4 (3) k3 3.4 Equation (7.11) factor
7.3.4 (3) k4 0.425 Equation (7.11) factor