Kuwait Oil Company

Facility Upgrade and Relocation of Under Ground Process

Project: JI-180
Design of Cantilever retaining wall

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AS PER BS 8110
Calculation Of Crack Width
Crack width for drying shrinkage /thermal movement :
Maximum allowable crack width
fck
fy

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T
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Thermal strain r =

0.3

mm (Per BS 8110-2 : 1985 clause 3.2.4)

Characteristic strength of reinforced concrete

30
N/mm2
Characteristic strength of reinforcing steel as per table 3.1 of BS 8110
414
N/mm2

Thermal strain r =
R=

0.8*t**R ( Refer equation 14 of clause 3.8.4.2 of BS 8110-2)

0.6 ( Per Table 3.3 of BS 8110-2)
coefficient of thermal expansion of mature concrete
0.000012 Table 7.3 of BS 8110 ( Part 2 )
Fall in temperatue between hydration peak and ambient ( per Table 3.2 of BS 8110-2)
20
0.0001152

3*acr*r/(1+2*((acr-cmin)/(h-x)))
Design surface crack width, W1 =
where
acr
=
Dist from point considered to the surface of the nearest long bar
acr =sqrt((S/2)^2+(c+/2)^2)-(/2)
acr = 103.35784049 mm

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Size of each reinforcing bar
=
20
mm
D
=
Depth of wall = B
=
400
mm
S
=
Spacing of reinforcement
=
150
mm c/c
Ast
=
Area of steel
=
2093.3333 mm2
W1 =

0.0307284324 mm

(1)

Crack width in flexure :

Maximum allowable crack width
Crack width, ( w )

=
=

0.3
mm (for severe exposure)
3*acr*m/(1+2*((acr-cmin)/(h-x)))

Where,
acr
=
Dist from point considered to the surface of the nearest long bar
acr =sqrt((S/2)^2+(c+/2)^2)-(/2)
= 103.3578 mm
acr
m

2
Moment in section, M
Stress in steel, fs

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average strain at the level where the cracking is being considered

1 -2
0.001039
bt*(h-x)*(a'-x)/3*Es*As*(d-x)
for crack width of 0.3mm
0.000367
129 kNm
( Unfactored moment)
M/(As*(d-S'/2))

Kuwait Oil Company

Facility Upgrade and Relocation of Under Ground Process
Project: JI-180
Design of Cantilever retaining wall
AS PER BS 8110
Stress in steel, fs
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212.8228 N/mm2
fs/Es*((h-x)/(d-x))
0.001407

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Overall depth of member

400
mm

bt

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Width of section at the centroid of tensile steel

1000
mm
Modulus of elasticity of reinforcement
200000 N/mm2
Area of tensile reinforcement
2093.333 mm2

a'

=
=
=

distance from the compression face to the point at which the

crack width is being calculated
Overall depth ( D )
400
mm
Effective depth
D - cmin -

Es
As

=
=

315

OK

= D

mm

cmin

=
Minimum cover to tensile steel
=
75
mm
Now as per clause 3.4.4.4 of BS 8110 ( Part - I )
k
z
z
Take z
S'
x

W2

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=

Mu / fck bd2

0.060670194
<
0.156
d* [ 0.5 + sqrt ( 0.25 - k/0.9 )]
292.10074707 mm
=
0.95*d
=
299.25 mm
=
Minimum Of Above two values
=
292.10074707 mm
Depth of stress block
45.79851 mm
depth of neutral axis
(d-z)/0.45
( Per clause 3.4.4.4 of BS 8110-1)
50.88723 mm
3*acr*m/(1+2*((acr-cmin)/(h-x)))
( Ref equation 12 of clause 3.8.3 of BS 8110-2)
0.27719 mm
(2)
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