C660 Record of design assumptions

Element details NOTES

Element type eg wall, slab

Thickness mm This will be the value used to derive T1

No. of exposed faces (1 or 2)

Length m May be used in estimating restraint

Wall height/slab breadth m May be used in estimating restraint

Formwork type If not known assume 18 mm plywood formwork

Insulation (for slab)

Concrete
Strength Class eg Cfck/fck,cube

Binder content kg/m3 Including any additions. Table 4.2 for default values

Binder type If not known assume, CEM I 42.5 cement

Additions fly ash, ggbs, silica fume, metakaolin, etc.

Additions as percentage of binder %

Conditions of placing
Mean ambient temperature if NOT 15 oC o
C If either the mean ambient temperature or placing temperature differ
from their default value, indicate correction applied to T1
Concrete temperature if NOT 20 C o o
C

Correction applied to T1 o
C Add to the value of T1 derived from the default temperature

Any special conditions that apply?

Temperature drop T1 o
C Estimated value plus correction
Difference between the mean ambient temperature during casting and
Long-term temperature changed T2 o
C
the final operating temperature.
Thermal strain
Coarse aggregate type If coarse aggregate and sand are different then estimate αc using 0.67 x
Sand type value for coarse type only + 0,33 x value for sand type only

Thermal expansion coefficient, αc
Additional early age strains
Autogenous shrinkage, εca
Drying shrinkage εcd
Restraint factors
R1 during the early thermal cycle
R2 for annual temperature variation
µε/oC If aggregate is not known use a default value of 12 µε/oC
µε This strain is assumed to occur during the early thermal cycle
This strain is assumed to occur over the long-term and to include any
µε
long-term autogenous shrinkage
This restraint factor applies to the early-age thermal contraction and
autogenous shrinkage
This value applies to T2

R3 for long-term deformation This value applies to drying shrinkage

Coefficients
K1 for creep (default = 0.65)

K2 for sustained loading (default = 0.80)

Resistance to cracking
Tensile strain capacity, εctu µε This is the value obtained under sustained loading
Control of cracking
Tensile strength of concrete, fctm MPa This is the mean value at the age at which cracking first occurs

Yield strength of reinforcement, fky MPa This is the characteristic value

CIRIA C660 2007