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4. Serviceability limit<br />

state<br />

4.1. Crack limitation<br />

4.1.1. General<br />

In slabs with ordinary reinforcement or<br />

bonded post-tensioning, the development of<br />

cracks is dependent essentially upon the<br />

bond characteristics between steel and<br />

concrete. The tensile force at a crack is<br />

almost completely concentrated in the steel.<br />

This force is gradually transferred from the<br />

steel to the concrete by bond stresses. As<br />

soon as the concrete tensile strength or the<br />

tensile resistance of the concrete tensile<br />

zone is exceeded at another section, a new<br />

crack forms.<br />

The influence of unbonded post-tensioning<br />

upon the crack behaviour cannot be<br />

investigated by means of bond laws. Only<br />

very small frictional forces develop between<br />

the unbonded stressing steel and the<br />

concrete. Thus the tensile force acting in the<br />

steel is transferred to the concrete almost<br />

exclusively as a compressive force at the<br />

anchorages.<br />

Theoretical [10] and experimental [8]<br />

investigations have shown that normal forces<br />

arising from post-tensioning or lateral<br />

membrane forces influence the crack<br />

behaviour in a similar manner to ordinary<br />

reinforcement.<br />

In [10], the ordinary reinforcement content p*<br />

required for crack distribution is given as a<br />

function of the normal force arising from<br />

prestressing and from the lateral membrane<br />

force n.<br />

Fig. 33 gives p* as a function of p*, where<br />

p* = p p - n (4.1.)<br />

dp . σ po<br />

If n is a compressive force, it is to be provided<br />

with a negative sign.<br />

Figure 33: Reinforcement content required<br />

to ensure distribution of cracks<br />

Various methods are set out in different<br />

specifications for the assessment and control<br />

of crack behaviour:<br />

- Limitation of the stresses in the ordinary<br />

reinforcement calculated in the cracked<br />

state [40].<br />

- Limitation of the concrete tensile stresses<br />

calculated for the homogeneous crosssection<br />

[12].<br />

- Determination of the minimum quantity of<br />

reinforcement that will ensure crack<br />

distribution [14].<br />

- Checking for cracks by theoretically or<br />

empirically obtained crack formulae [15].<br />

4.12. Required ordinary reinforcement<br />

The design principles given below are in<br />

accordance with [14]. For determining the<br />

ordinary reinforcement required, a distinction<br />

must be made between edge spans, internal<br />

spans and column zones.<br />

Edge spans:<br />

Required ordinary reinforcement (Fig. 34):<br />

ps ≥ 0.15 - 0.50 . pp (<strong>4.2</strong>)<br />

Lower limit: ps ≥ 0.05%<br />

Figure 34: Minimum ordinary reinforcement<br />

required as a function of the post-tensioned<br />

reinforcement for edge spans<br />

Internal spans:<br />

For internal spans, adequate crack distribution<br />

is in general assured by the post-<br />

Figure 35: Diagrammatic arrangement of minimum reinforcement<br />

tensioning and the lateral membrane<br />

compressive forces that develop with even<br />

quite small deflections. In general, therefore,<br />

it is not necessary to check for minimum<br />

reinforcement. The quantity of normal<br />

reinforcement required for the ultimate limit<br />

state must still be provided.<br />

Column zone:<br />

In the column zone of flat slabs, considerable<br />

additional ordinary reinforcement must<br />

always be provided. The proposal of DIN<br />

4227 may be taken as a guideline, according<br />

to which in the zone b cd = b c + 3 . d s (Fig. 30)<br />

at least 0.3% reinforcement must be<br />

provided and, within the rest of the column<br />

strip (b g = 0.4 . I) at least 0.15% must be<br />

provided (Fig. 35). The length of this<br />

reinforcement including anchor length should<br />

be 0.4 . I. Care should be taken to ensure<br />

that the bar diameters are not too large.<br />

The arrangement of the necessary minimum<br />

reinforcement is shown diagrammatically in<br />

Fig.35. Reinforcement in both directions is<br />

generally also provided everywhere in the<br />

edge spans. In internal spans it may be<br />

necessary for design reasons, such as point<br />

loads, dynamic loads (spalling of concrete)<br />

etc. to provide limited ordinary reinforcement.<br />

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