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Crack Width Calculations to BS8110: 2005/ BS8007:1987

Originated from RCC14.xls v 4.0on CD

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Page

04-Jan-2017
Revision

chg

2006 TCC

CRACK WIDTH CALCULATIONS - FLEXURE

Date

34
Job No

R68

INPUT
fcu=
fy=
Area of reinforcement " As " =
b=
h=
d=
Minimum cover to tension reinforcement " CO " =
Maxmum bar spacing " S " =
Bar dia " DIA " =
" acr " =(((S/2)^2+(CO+DIA/2)^2)^(1/2)-DIA/2) as default or enter other value =

25
N/mm2
460
N/mm2
2010
mm2
1000
mm
450
mm
386
mm
56
mm
100
mm
16
mm
73.22 mm
"acr " is distance from the point considered to the surface of the nearest longitudinal bar
Applied service moment " Ms "= 135.0 KNm

CALCULATIONS
moduli of elasticity of concrete " Ec" = (1/2)*(20+0.2*fcu) =
moduli of elasticity of steel " Es " =
Modular ratio " " = (Es/Ec) =
" " = As/bd =
depth to neutral axis, "x" = (- +(()2 + 2.)0.5.d =

12.5
200.0
16.00
0.005
129

KN/mm2
KN/mm2

mm

" Z " = d-(x/3) =

343
Reinforcement stress " fs " = Ms/(As*Z) =
196
N/mm2
Concrete stress " fc " = (fs*As)/(0.5*b*x) =
6.12
N/mm2
Strain at soffit of concrete beam/slab "" = (fs/Es)*(h-x)/(d-x) = 0.001222
Strain due to stiffening effect of concrete between cracks " 2 " =
2 = b.(h-x)2/(3.Es.As.(d-x)) for crack widths of 0.2 mm
Used
2 = 1.5.b.(h-x)2/(3.Es.As.(d-x)) for crack widths of 0.1 mm
n/a
2 = 0.000333
Average strain for calculation of crack width " m "= 1- 2 = 0.000889
Calculated crack width, " w " = 3.acr.m/(1+2.(acr-c)/(h-x))
CALCULATED CRACK WIDTH, 'w' =

0.18

mm

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Revision history RCC14 Crack Width.xls
Status of spreadsheet
Public release version.

Date

Version

Action

Size (kB)

30-Mar-10

RCC14 v4.0

Re-badged as TCC/Mineral Products Association.

226

17-Sep-09

RCC14 v3.2

Steel stress limit set to 0.8fy.

192

28-Jun-06

RCC14 v3.1

v3 release. Page nos, User Guide and registration details amended.

152

21-Oct-05

RCC14 v3.0

Updated to 2005 version of BS8110

177

21-Jan-03

RCC14 v2.1

DETR logo replaced by DTI.

156

11-Oct-02

RCC14 v2.0

Version 2 enhancements

172

4-Aug-99

RCC14 v1.1

Renamed

81