Table 1.15.

PERMISSIBLE DIRECT TENSILE STRESS

Grade of concrete M-10 M-15 M-20 M-25 M-30 M-35 M-40
Tensile stress
1.2 2.0 2.8 3.2 3.6 4.0 4.4
N/mm2

Table 1.16.. Permissible stress in concrete ((BS EN 1992-3:2006)

Permission stress in compression (N/mm2) Permissible stress in bond (Average) for
Grade of concrete Bending cbc Direct (cc) plain bars in tention (N/mm2)
2
(N/mm2) Kg/m2 (N/mm2) Kg/m2 (N/mm2) in kg/m
M 10 3.0 300 2.5 250 -- --
M 15 5.0 500 4.0 400 0.6 60
M 20 7.0 700 5.0 500 0.8 80
M 25 8.5 850 6.0 600 0.9 90
M 30 10.0 1000 8.0 800 1.0 100
M 35 11.5 1150 9.0 900 1.1 110
M 40 13.0 1300 10.0 1000 1.2 120
M 45 14.5 1450 11.0 1100 1.3 130
M 50 16.0 1600 12.0 1200 1.4 140

Table 1.18. MODULAR RATIO

Grade of concrete M-10 M-15 M-20 M-25 M-30 M-35 M-40
Modular ratio m 31 19 13 11 9 8 7
(31.11) (18.67) (13.33) (10.98) (9.33) (8.11) (7.18)

Table 2.1. VALUES OF DESIGN CONSTANTS

Grade of concrete M-15 M-20 M-25 M-30 M-35 M-40
Modular Ratio 18.67 13.33 10.98 9.33 8.11 7.18
cbc N/mm2 5 7 8.5 10 11.5 13
m cbc 93.33 93.33 93.33 93.33 93.33 93.33
kc 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
(a) st = 140 jc 0.867 0.867 0.867 0.867 0.867 0.867
N/mm2 (Fe 250) Rc 0.867 1.214 1.474 1.734 1.994 2.254
Pc (%) 0.714 1 1.214 1.429 1.643 1.857
kc 0.329 0.329 0.329 0.329 0.329 0.329
(b) st = 190 jc 0.89 0.89 0.89 0.89 0.89 0.89
N/mm2 Rc 0.732 1.025 1.244 1.464 1.684 1.903
Pc (%) 0.433 0.606 0.736 0.866 0.997 1.127
kc 0.289 0.289 0.289 0.289 0.289 0.289
(c ) st = 230 jc 0.904 0.904 0.904 0.904 0.904 0.904
N/mm2 (Fe 415) Rc 0.653 0.914 1.11 1.306 1.502 1.698
Pc (%) 0.314 0.44 0.534 0.628 0.722 0.816