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Exercise 5
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Exercise 5:
Task

Calculate the effects of deflection, cracking and vibration for the verification of

serviceability limit states for the following examples:

a) Concrete slab:

Span:

5m

Simply supported

b) Concrete beam:

Span:

6m

Continuous

Calculation

Deflection

See Note: 1

1) Initial desing:

Table 4.2

a) Concrete slab:

span/effective depth ratio =

20

Table 4.2

b) Concrete beam:

span/effective depth ratio =

18

(Deflection estimated before full design is caried out)

Therefore effective depth should be more than or at least equal to:

EN 1992

a) Concrete slab:

5m / 20 =

0.25m

= 250 mm

b) Concrete beam:

6m / 18 =

0.33m

2) Final design:

(Deflection calculated after the full design is caried out)

say

= 350 mm

r is the geometric reinforcement ratio: As/Ac

Corrections should be made for spans exceeding 7.0 m and 8.5 m
Corrections based on the required/provided reinforcement ratio
Better: Use Tables in IStructE Manual or Concrete Centre "How to design to EC2"
See Note: 1
Table 5.8

a) Concrete slab:

As,req /bd 2= 0.7

Table 5.13

b) Concrete beam:

As,req /bd = 0.5

Calculation

Crack width

span/effective depth ratio =

Step one after member design use Chart from concrete Centre "how to design to EC2"

Figure 6
and

Therfore read from figure 6

Use dsu = 240

Table 11

Ratio Gk/Qk =1.7

dsu = 240

ratio of redistributed moment to elastic moment = 1

required reinforceme / provided reinforcement = 1

a) Concrete slab:

maximum spacing = 200mm

b) Concrete beam:

maximum bar diameter = 16mm

18.8

span/effective depth ratio = 26 or 30

( Limit crack width to 0.3mm as recomented in Table NA.4)

For this example assume y2 = 0.3 and gg =1.25

Date

24.10.2010

Therefore Use dsu = ds

Note 1: Manual for the design of concrete building structures to Eurocode 2 (UEL Plus)

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