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DESIGN CALCULATION SHEET

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Check of service stress in tension bars to control crack width according to ACI 350-06

Exposure: Normal
Exposure to liquids with a pH greater than 5, or exposure to sulfate solutions of 1000
ppm or less.
Construction: Two way

Maximum allowable service stress in tension bars:

fs, max = maximum of: 25.41 ksi = 1787 Kg/cm2 Eq. 10-4, ACI 350-06
& 24.00 ksi = 1687 Kg/cm 2
Clause. 10.6.4.1, ACI 350-06
= 1787 Kg/cm2

MATERIAL PROPERTIES
Concrete Cylinder Compressive Strength (f'c) = 350 Kg/cm2
Reinforcement Yield Strength (fy) = 4200 Kg/cm2 n (Es/Ec) = 7.21

SECTION PROPERTIES d ’
X
Width (b) = 100 cm A s’

Thickness (t) = 35 cm
t d
REINFORCEMENT
Tension steel cover to steel C.G. (C) = 6.25 cm A s
Clear cover from the nearest surface in tension to the
= 5 cm C
surface of flexural reinforcement (cc)
b s s /n
Compression Steel Cover (d') = 6.25 cm
Tension Steel (As) = 20 cm2/m'
Spacing of bars in first layer of tension steel = 20 cm
s,first layer, max = min. of: 17 inch = 42.4 cm Eq. 10-7, ACI 350-06 & Eq. 10-4, ACI 318-02
& 12 inch = 30.5 cm Clause. 10.6.5, ACI 350-06
& 17 inch = 43.9 cm Clause. 10.6.4, ACI 318-02
hence, s, max = 30.5 cm

Compression Steel (As') = 10 cm2

Depth of Neutral Axis (X) = 7.68 cm

STRAINING ACTIONS
Applied Service Moment (MS) = 9.2 m.t.
Normal Force (NS) = 0 t
Eccentricity (e) = 0.00 m.

CHECK OF STRESSES
Tension Steel Stress (fs) = 1757 Kg/cm2 = 0.4182 fy Ok, <= 1787 Kg/cm2
Applied tensile stresses / allowable tensile stresses = 0.98
Compression Steel Stress (fs') = 119 Kg/cm2

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