CRACK WIDTH

Crack affects Strength, Durability

Reasons for Cracks: Due to flexural tensile stress, shear & diagonal tension.
Objective:
Reduce Gross errors.
IS 456 Cl: 35.3.2

Pg No: 18, Table: 3

Cl: 26.3.2 & 26.3.3

Pg No: 45

Cl: 26.5.1

Pg No: 47 ( Tension Reinforcement)

For Slab

0.15 % (Fe 250)

0.12 % (Fe 415)

Cl: 26.5.2.1

Pg No: 48

For Slab

0.15 % (Fe 250)

0.12 % (Fe 415)

Pg No: 95

Annex F
Worked Example:

A Simply supported beam of rectangular section spanning over 6m bar a width of 300mm & over all depth of 600. The beam is reinforced with 4
bars of 25mm dia on the tension side at an effective depth of 550mm spaced at 50mm centre. The beam is subjected to a moment of 160 kN.m at
the centre of span section. Using M25 & Fe 415. Check the beam for the serviceability limit state of cracking according to IS: 456.
Given Data:

Spacing of bar,

300mm

600mm

550mm

160 kN.m

fck

255 N/mm2

fy

415 N/mm2

11 (280 / 3cbc)

50mm

2 x 105 N/mm2

Solution:
Step-1
Ast

(4 x x 252) / 4

1963 mm2

Step-2

(Neutral Axis Depth),

bx2 /2

mAst (d-x)

218.48mm

Step-3 (Second Moment of area),

Ir

(bx3/3) + mAst (d-x) 2

300 x 218.483/3 + 11 x 196.3 x 331.522

34.16 x 108 mm4

Step-4 (Max. Width of cracks),

Cmin
acr

600 550 25/2

37.5 mm

Cmin2 + 252

45

Step-5 (Centroid of steel from N.A)

r

d-x

550 218.48

331.52 mm

(Fs / Es) / ((h-x) / (d-x))

Fs

m (my/ Ir)

11[(160 x 106 x 331.52) / (34.1 x 108)]

171 N/mm2

(171 / 2 x 105) [(600 218 48) / (550 218.48)]

= 9.8 x 10-4

Avg. Strain at level considered

m

1 [(b(h-x)(a-x)) / (3Es As (d-x))]

(9.81 x 10-4) [(300(600 218.48) (600 218.48))

/ (3 x 2 x 105 x 1963 (550 218.480))]

8.68 x 10-4

Max. Crack width

Wcr

(3acr m ) / ( 1+2 ((acr cmin) / (h-x))

(3 x 45 x 8.68 x 10-4) / (1+2((45 37.5) / (600-218.48))

0.1127mm

Step-6 (Comparison with code limits (Pg.no 67, Cl.353.2)),

Max. Crack width should not exceed 0.3mm
Under should not be > 0.004 Cmin
Wcr

0.004 x 37.5

Wcr

0.15 mm

Wcr

0.112 mm < 0.15mm

Hence Statisfied.