Experimental and theoretical investigation of crack width calculation methods for RC ties

Experimental and theoretical investigation of crack width calculation methods for RC ties

Tan, Reignard (Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU))
Eileraas, Kristoffer (Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU))
Opkvitne, Ola (Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU))
Žirgulis, Giedrius (Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU))
Hendriks, M.A.N. (TU Delft Applied Mechanics; Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU))
Geiker, Mette (Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU))
Brekke, Dan Evert
Kanstad, Terje (Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU))

2018

This paper theoretically and experimentally investigates the semi-empirical formulas recommended by Eurocode 2 (EC2), fib Model Code 2010 (MC2010), and Eurocode 2 with the German National Annex (DIN) for calculating crack widths in reinforced concrete. It is shown that the formulas can be derived from the principles for the idealized behavior of RC ties. However, instead of explicitly solving the resulting differential equations, the use of simplifications leads to inconsistent formulas. An experimental study was carried out involving the testing of eight RC ties to discover the modeling uncertainty of the formulas. It was found that EC2 substantially overestimated the crack widths for the RC ties. MC2010 and DIN seemed to predict the crack widths better, but gave rather a large number of nonconservative crack width predictions. These experimental results, combined with the theoretical study, suggest that a more consistent calculation model should be formulated by explicitly solving the resulting differential equation.

Calculation methods
Cover
Crack widths
Experiments
Large-scale concrete structures
Modeling uncertainty
RC ties
Semi-empirical formulas
Tension stiffening

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:32fd40c2-dc21-479d-bf69-8f7a8b4c62c6

https://doi.org/10.1002/suco.201700237

2019-01-04

1464-4177

Structural Concrete, 19 (5), 1436-1447

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© 2018 Reignard Tan, Kristoffer Eileraas, Ola Opkvitne, Giedrius Žirgulis, M.A.N. Hendriks, Mette Geiker, Dan Evert Brekke, Terje Kanstad