Hi all.
I have a question about Reinf crack for prestressed concrete as follows:
If you calculator stress bot of section beam in MinMz_Service exceeding allowable stress tension limit is 0,5 x sqrt(f'c), you can calculator reinf area to control crack concrete as follows:
stress in Reinf for control crack concrete = (stress crack in Service - 0,5 x sqrt(f'c)) x S / (0.7h x As) < 0,6 x fy, with S = I / ybot, I is moment of inertia of section, As is Reinf area for control crack concrete, h is height of section beam, fy is Yield strength of Reinf.
Thank you for reading and hope get your reply.
Best regards.
In RM bridge and for cracking control, the program follows the chosen standard code that was selected for the analysis. What is the project standard code that you are working with?
Ana Carla Peres
Senior Technical Support Engineer
Bentley BrIM