Crack Width Check as per IS 456: 2000 and RCC Design by Pillai and Menon

Width of the beam, b = 350 mm

Total depth of the beam, D = 700 mm
Clear cover = 25 mm
Effective cover = 60 mm
Effective depth, d = 640 mm
Cover to compressive reinforcement, d' = 45 mm
Characteristic compressive strength of concrete, σck = 25 MPa
Characteristic yield strength of reinforcement, σy = 500 MPa
Total area of tension reinforcement = 1030.44 mm2
Total area of compression reinforcement = 2012.19 mm2
Factored bending moment, Mu = 1.5 (D + L) from ETABS
= 216.6602 kN-m
Mu/(b*d^2)= 1.511 N/mm2
Calculation of depth of neutral axis using elastic theory:
Modular ratio, m = ES/Ece
= 8.00
depth of neutral axis (x) = 121.467 mm
Gross momemt of inertia of section, Ig = bD^3/12
= 1.00E+10 mm4
Cracked moment of inertia of section, Icr = bx^3/3+m*Ast*(d-x)^2+(1.5*m-
1)*Asc*(x-d')
= 2.43E+09 mm4
OK
Service bending moment (M) = 144.44 kN-m

strain in concrete at level of steel, ɛd= M(d-x)/(Ece*Icr)

= 0.001234
Strain in concrete at the outer most tension face, ɛD = (D-X)/(d-x)*Ed
= 0.001377

Permissible crack width = 0.30 mm

a) Width of crack directly under a bar on tension face of concrete:

acr = cmin
25 mm
a' = 700 mm
Average strain, ɛm = ED-(bt*(D-x)(a'-x)/(3*Es*At(d-x))
= 0.001012
Crack width, w = 3*acr*Em
0.076 mm
OK
b) Width of crack at a point on tension face midway between two bars:
acr = 45.186 mm
a'= 700 mm
Average strain, ɛm = ED-(bt*(D-x)(a'-x)/(3*Es*At(d-x))
= 0.001012
Crack width, w = (3*acr*Em)/(1+2*(acr-cmin)/(D-x))
= 0.128 mm
OK

c) Width of crack at bottom corner:

acr = 74.853 mm
a' = 700 mm
Average strain, ɛm = E1-(bt*(D-x)(a'-x)/(3*Es*At(d-x))
= 0.001
Crack width, w = (3*acr*Em)/(1+2*(acr-cmin)/(D-x))
= 0.194 mm
OK