Crack Width and Crack Spacing In Reinforced Concrete Members

Two extensive and independent experimental programs have been conducted to study the cracking behaviour of reinforced concrete members subjected to pure tension in the presence of transverse reinforcement. The first program involved the testing of eighteen reinforced concrete segments and was mainly designed to examine the applicability of the existing equations for predicting crack spacings and widths. The segments were reinforced in two directions and loaded in uniaxial tension beyond the yield stress of the steel. The measured average values of the final crack spacings were compared to the values presented by other researchers. Based on this comparison, a simplified and refined expression for prediction of crack spacing is proposed.The second experimental program involved the testing of sixteen reinforced concrete segments, which were divided into two groups with different concrete covers. Within each group, all segments were identical in all parameters, except the spacing of transverse reinforcement. The program was designed to study the influence of transverse reinforcement spacing on crack behaviour. A methodology including proposed expression for predicting the crack spacing in reinforced concrete members subjected to axial tension with variable transverse reinforcement spacing is presented. Keywords: cracking, crack spacing, crack width, membrane forces, reinforced concrete, tension, transverse reinforcement.

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Crack width evaluation in FRP reinforced concrete members

Materials and Structures ◽

10.1617/13564 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 34 (236) ◽

pp. 119-125

Author(s):

G. Creazza

Keyword(s):

Reinforced Concrete ◽

Crack Width ◽

Concrete Members

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Transverse Crack Behavior in Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavement with Basalt Fiber Reinforcement

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app10217458 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (21) ◽

pp. 7458

Author(s):

Yating Zhang ◽

Zhiyi Huang

Keyword(s):

Elastic Modulus ◽

Reinforced Concrete ◽

Crack Width ◽

Basalt Fiber ◽

Concrete Pavement ◽

Crack Spacing ◽

Design Parameters ◽

Mean Values ◽

Crack Behavior ◽

Reinforcement Content

Continuously reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP) is a pavement structure with a high performance and long service life. However, the corrosion of the longitudinal steel can result in a poor bond relationship between the steel and the concrete, affecting the load transfer efficiency between the adjacent panels and being responsible for the development of CRCP distresses. Basalt fiber-reinforced polymer (BFRP) is corrosion-resistant and has the potential to be used in CRCP. In this paper, the layout of a CRCP test section with BFRP bars constructed on G330 National Road in Zhejiang Province, China, is presented. An analytical model is proposed to predict the crack behavior of CRCP with BFRP reinforcement, with the predicted results are compared to field-measured ones. A sensitivity analysis of the BFRP design parameters on the crack spacing and crack width is conducted as well. The results show that the mean values for field-measured crack spacing and crack width are 4.85 m and 1.30 mm, respectively, which are higher than the results for traditional CRCP with steel due to the lower elastic modulus of BFRP. The analytical predictions agree reasonably well with the crack survey results. The higher the elastic modulus of BFRP, the reinforcement content (with both BFRP spacing and diameter related), and the bond stiffness coefficient between the BFRP and concrete, the less the crack spacing and crack width will be. Given the same or similar reinforcement content, a lower diameter with a smaller spacing is recommended because of its contribution to a smaller crack spacing and width.

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Cracking behavior of basalt fibre reinforced polymer‐reinforced concrete: An approach for the determination of crack spacing and crack width

Structural Concrete ◽

10.1002/suco.202000156 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 (5) ◽

pp. 2178-2190

Author(s):

Sebastian Hofmann ◽

Ngoc Linh Tran ◽

Tilo Proske ◽

Carl‐Alexander Graubner

Keyword(s):

Reinforced Concrete ◽

Crack Width ◽

Crack Spacing ◽

Basalt Fibre ◽

Cracking Behavior ◽

Reinforced Polymer ◽

Fibre Reinforced Polymer

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Cracking behaviour of concrete beams reinforced with fiber reinforced plastic rebars

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering ◽

10.1139/l96-926 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 23 (6) ◽

pp. 1172-1179 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

R. Masmoudi ◽

B. Benmokrane ◽

O. Chaallal

Keyword(s):

Reinforced Concrete ◽

Crack Width ◽

Concrete Beams ◽

Reinforcement Ratio ◽

Test Results ◽

Fiber Reinforced ◽

Fiber Reinforced Plastic ◽

Concrete Members ◽

Reinforced Plastic ◽

Cracking Pattern

This paper presents the results of an experimental investigation on the cracking behaviour of concrete beams reinforced with fiber reinforced plastic rebars. The effects of reinforcement ratio on the cracking pattern, crack spacing, cracking moment, and crack width are investigated. The test results indicate that the reinforcement ratio has no meaningful effect on the cracking moment, which can be calculated as recommended by the ACI code. Also, the use of the equations adopted by ACI and the European codes for the prediction of crack width of conventionally reinforced concrete members is investigated and due modifications are made. Both relationships show good correlation with the test results; and the prediction of crack width of concrete beams reinforced with these two types of fiber reinforced plastic rebars is now possible. Key words: beam, cracking behaviour, cracking moment, crack width, fiber reinforced plastic, flexure, rebars, reinforced concrete, reinforcement ratio.

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