FEM analysis of the cracking behavior of a beam subjected to bending: A discrete crack width calculation using DIANA

During the calculation for the crack width control in reinforced elements subjected to bending as stated in the NEN-EN 1992-1-1 (Eurocode 2) the engineers at ARCADIS found that the outcome of these calculations lead to the application of larger amounts of steel reinforcement in order to limit the crack width in the structure, compared to...