Title : CALCULATION OF CRACK WIDTH IN FLEXURE AS PER IS456:2000 & IS3370 (PART2):2009

1 DATA
1.1 Type of structure or member 450MM THK. WALL
1.2 Grade of reinforcement (As per IS 1786) Fe 500
Permissible Tensile stress due to bending in Steel,σst = 130 N/mm2
(As per Table 4 of IS 3370)
1.3 Grade of concrete (RCC) M 30
Characteristic strength of concrete , fck = 30 N/mm2 `
1.4 Permissible compressive stress due to bending in concrete,σcbc = 10 N/mm2
Table 21 of IS 456:2000
1.5 Modulus of elasticity of steel, Es = 200000.00 N/mm2
1.6 Nominal cover to reinforcement, Cmin = 30 mm
Table 16 of IS 456:2000,
1.7 Limiting Design surface Crack Width = 0.1 mm
as per Cl. 4.4.1.2 IS3370:2009

2 USER INPUTS

2.1 Width of section , b = 1000 mm

2.2 Overall depth of section, h = 230 mm
2.3 Diameter of Main Reinforcement, φ = 10 mm
2.4 C/C spacing of Main bars,S = 150 mm
2.5 Area of Main Reinforcement reinforcement ,As = 523.6 mm2
2.6 Moment at service load, M (Unfactored) = 13.00 kN-m

3 CALCULATIONS
3.01 Effective cover to longitudinal tension steel, dc =Cmin+db/2+ds = 35 mm
3.02 Effective depth of section measured from extreme compression fiber, d = = 195 mm
h - dc
3.03 Distance from the compression face to the point at which the crack width = 230 mm
is being calculated, a = h
3.04 Modular ratio,m = 9.3
m=280/(3∗𝜎𝑐𝑏𝑐 )
3.05 Percentage of longitudinal tension reinforcement , p = As /(b d) = 0.0027
3.06 Constant for depth of neutral axis,k = 0.2002
√ (p m)2 + 2pm - (pm)

3.07 Depth of neutral axis from extreme compression fiber,X=kd = 39.042 mm

3.08 Lever Arm of cracked section about neutral axis, Z=d- = 181.99 mm4
(X/3)
3.09 Stress at centroid of tension steel,fst = 136.43 N/mm2
fst=𝑀/(Z*Ast) ANNEX F of IS 456:2000 ,
ANNEX B of IS 3370
(Part2) :2009
3.10 Stress in concrete at extreme compression fiber = 3.66 N/mm2
fc=𝑀/(0.5 * X * Z * 1000)
3.11 Strain at level considered calculated ignoring stiffening of concrete in = 0.0008
tension ε1
ε =(fst∗(h−X))/(Es∗(d−X))
1

3.12 Strain due to stiffening effect of concrete in tension zone, ε2 ; Ref-ANNEX = 0.0007 For a
rectangular
F of IS 456:2000 tension zone
- Beam, Slab
ε2=(b∗(h−x)∗(a−X))/(3∗As∗Es∗(d−X))

3.13 Average steel strain at the level considered,εm =ε1-ε2 = 0.0001

3.14 Distance from the point considered to the surface of nearest longitudinal = 77.76 mm
bar,acr

3.15 Design surface Crack width for flexural members, Wcr = 0.015 mm

ANNEX F of IS456:2000 & ANNEX B of IS 3370(Part 2) 2009

Limiting Design surface Crack Width = 0.100 mm
Wcr < allowable crack width,OK

4 Summary
Wcr < allowable crack width,OK

5 Crackwidth for Direct Tension

ANNEX B of IS 3370 (Part2) :2009
5.1 Maximum Tensile Stress in Wall T = 0.45 N/mm2
5.2 Strain induced in concrete beacause of Direct Tension ε1 = 3.29E-05 N/mm2
ε1=(T/(5000√Fck)/2)
5.3 Strain due to Stiffening Effect of Reinforcement = 1.46E-03 N/mm2
ε2=(2bh/(3EsAs)

As e1<e2 Section is Uncracked