Project

Job Ref.

ROADS, INFRASTRUCTURE in BANIYAS EAST | TSE

Section

5116863
Sheet no./rev.

IRRIGATION RESERVOIR & PS: BASE

Calc. by

Date

AN

04-03-2016

Chk'd by

RK

Date

1 /1.0
App'd by

Date

01-03-2016

Reinforcement Requirements Prediction Method | Chapter 5, BD 28/87.

Width of section;
Thickness of section;
Area of effective concrete;
Reinforcement provided, Bar dia;
C/C spacing;

Characteristics cube strength of concrete;

Tensile strength of immature concrete;
Coefficient of thermal expansion of concrete;
Short-term temperature change;
Long-term temperature change;
Characteristics cube strength of reinforcement;
Deformed bar category as per BS 5400-4
(Type 1 OR Type 2 only);
Ratio of tensile strength of immature concrete
to the average bond strength (fct/fb);

B = 1000.0 mm
D = 1000.0 mm
Ac = If (D > 500.0 mm, B 250.0 mm, B D)
Ac = 250000.000 mm2
= 32 mm
s = 125 mm
As,pro = (0.25 2) (B/s)
As,pro = 6433.982 mm2
fcu = 40.0 MPa
fct = 0.12 MPa (fcu/1.0 MPa)0.70
fct = 1.587 MPa
= (12 10-6) / 1C
T1 = 43 C
T1 = If (D > 500.0 mm, T1 + 10C, T1)
T2 = 15 C
fy = 460.0 MPa
Type = 2

K = If (Type == 1, 0.80, 0.67)

K = 0.670
Minimum area of reinforcement required;
As,min = (fct / fy) Ac
As,min = 862.592 mm2
Permissible crack-width;
w = 0.10 mm
Ultimate tensile strain capacity of concrete (in strain);
ult = 200 10-6
Shrinkage strain (in strain);
sh = 0.50 ult
Thermal strain (in strain);
th = (0.80 (T1 + T2))
Restraint factor;
R = 0.20

As = K Ac ( / (2 w)) (R (sh + th) 0.50 ult)

As = 1355.008 mm2
Required reinforcement;
As,req = Max (As,min, As)
As,req = 1355.008 mm2
If (As,pro > As,req, Adequate reinforcement provided to control early-age thermal crack, Consider revising the
section or reinforcement or both) = "Adequate reinforcement provided to control early-age thermal crack"
If (D > 500.0 mm, Provide required reinforcement in each face,Provide 50% of required reinforcement in each
face) = "Provide required reinforcement in each face"
Required reinforcement area to control crack;

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