SCHOOL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Reinforcement Concrete

Homework

Professors Name : Liberato Ferrara

Students Name : Heng Piseth
Students ID : 14129188

2014-2015
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Exercise 1:
Concrete: C25/30
Steel: B500
N Ed ,ULS 1000kN

N Ed ,SLS ( Charact ) 700kN , N Ed ,SLS (Q . P .) 600kN

1. Design the reinforcement

2. Check ULS, N Rd N Ed
3. Check SLS.

Answer:
f ck 25
C25/30: f ck 25N / mm 2 , f cd 0.85 0.85 14.17 N / mm 2
c 1.5

Ac 400 400 160000mm 2

f yk 500
B500: f yk 500 N / mm 2 , f yd 434.78 N / mm 2
s 1.15
1. Design the reinforcement
Longitudinal reinforcement:
122
As max 4 ;0.003 Ac max 452mm 2 ;480mm 2 480mm 2
4
Take 414 616mm 2 as longitudinal reinforcement
Transversal reinforcement:

Minimum diameter: s max e ;6mm 6mm , take s 6mm
4
Maximum spacing:
s min 12e ; 250mm; 400mm
s min 168mm; 250mm; 400mm
s 168mm
Take s 150mm

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2. Check ULS
N Rd ,ULS Ac f cd As f yd
160000 14.17 616 434.78
2535024 N
N Rd ,ULS 2535kN N Ed ,ULS 1000kN Checked!

3. Check SLS
Ideal elastic area: Aie Ac E As 160000 15 616 169240mm 2
Characteristic:
N Ed ,charact 700 103
c 4.14 N / mm 2 0.6 f ck 15N / mm 2 Checked!
Aie 169240mm 2

s E c 15 4.14 62.1N / mm 2 0.8 f yk 400 N / mm 2 Checked!

Quasi-permanent:
N Ed ,(Q. P ) 600 103
c 2
3.55N / mm 2 0.45 f ck 11.25N / mm 2 Checked!
Aie 169240mm

s E c 15 3.55 53.25N / mm 2 0.8 f yk 400 N / mm 2 Checked!

Exercise 2: From previous homework with the same reinforcement, check whether the
concrete will crack or not.
Answer:
2
2

f ctk 0.7 0.3 f ck3 0.7 0.3 25 3 1.8 N / mm 2

f 8
0.3

Ec ck 22000 31500 N / mm 2
10
Shrinkage check:
As 616
cs , 3.5 104 ; s 3.85 103
Ac 160000

E s
c Ec cs ,
1 E s
15 3.85 103
3
31500 3.5 104
1 15 3.85 10
c 0.60 N / mm 2 f ctk 1.8 N / mm 2 Not cracked!

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Exercise 3:
The same area of steel as previous. Compare allowable
compressive strength between this circular column and
previous square column.

Answer:
82
As 616mm , Ac 159043mm , ass
2
50mm 2 , s 125mm
2

4
Cover 30mm 10 24mm

Dn D 30 14 8 398mm

Dn 398
Ass ,eq ass 50 500mm 2
s 125
Dn2 3982
Acn 124410mm 2
4 4
Ass ,eq 500
h ,max f yd 434.78 0.87 N / mm 2
2 Acn 2 124410

f c ,confined f cd 4 h ,max 14.17 4 0.87 17.65N / mm 2

Allowable strength: N Rd ,circular Acn f c ,confined As f yd

124410 17.65 616 434.78 2463661N

N Rd ,circular 2463kN N Rd ,square 2535kN

Exercise 4:

412 and 610 are reinforcements in the column. N Ed 100kN

is tensile force on the column. Concrete C25/30 and steel B500.

Do calculation the crack spacing and then crack width from two
types of reinforcement.

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Answer:
C25/30: f ck 25N / mm 2 , f cd 14.14 N / mm 2 , f ctk 1.8 N / mm 2

Ac 400 400 160000mm 2

f 8
0.3

Ec ck 22000 31475N / mm 2
10
B500: f yk 500 N / mm 2 , f yd 434.78 N / mm 2 , Es 200000 N / mm 2

For reinforcement 412 :

122 A
As 4 452mm 2 , s s 2.825 103
4 Ac

1
Minimum crack spacing: , Maximum crack spacing: 2
4 s

Where good bond condition : 1 1.0; 12mm 32mm : 2 1.0

2.2512 2.25

12 1
Then, 472mm
4 2.825 103 2.25
N Ed 100 103
s ' 221.2 N / mm2 f ck 500 N / mm 2
As 452
Average crack width:
' f 1
w 2 s ctk 1
E s 2 Ec E s
221.2 1.8 1
2 472 1 3
200000 2 31475 15 2.825 10
0.38mm

Thus, the characteristic crack width is: wk 1.7 w 1.7 0.38 0.646mm

For reinforcement 610 :

102 A
As 6 471mm 2 , s s 2.945 103
4 Ac
1
Minimum crack spacing: , Maximum crack spacing: 2
4 s

Where good bond condition : 1 1.0; 12mm 32mm : 2 1.0

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2.2512 2.25

10 1
Then, 377mm
4 2.945 103 2.25
N Ed 100 103
s ' 221.3N / mm2 f ck 500 N / mm 2
As 471
Average crack width:
' f 1
w 2 s ctk 1
E s 2 Ec E s
221.3 1.8 1
2 377 1 3
200000 2 31475 15 2.945 10
0.325mm

Thus, the characteristic crack width is: wk 1.7 w 1.7 0.325 0.5525mm