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Crack width for stabilised crack formation<br />

G. Hanswille<br />

Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing.<br />

Institute for Steel and<br />

Composite Structures<br />

University of Wuppertal-Germany<br />

N s<br />

w<br />

The maximum crack spacing s r,max<br />

in the<br />

stage of stabilised crack formation is twice<br />

the introduction length L es<br />

.<br />

ε<br />

ε<br />

s,2<br />

=<br />

σ<br />

E<br />

s<br />

s<br />

w = s<br />

r,max<br />

( ε<br />

sm<br />

−<br />

ε<br />

cm<br />

)<br />

ε s(x)<br />

ε c(x)<br />

f<br />

E<br />

ct<br />

c<br />

ε s(x)<br />

- ε c(x)<br />

L<br />

es<br />

=<br />

f<br />

U<br />

ctm<br />

s<br />

A<br />

τ<br />

c<br />

sm<br />

f<br />

=<br />

ρ<br />

ctm<br />

s<br />

4<br />

τ<br />

d<br />

s<br />

sm<br />

maximum crack width for s r<br />

= s r,max<br />

s r,max<br />

= 2 L es<br />

s r,min<br />

= L es<br />

β= 0,6 for short term loading<br />

β= 0,4 for long term loading and<br />

repeated loading<br />

= f d ⎛ σ f<br />

⎞<br />

w<br />

ctm s<br />

⎜ s<br />

− β<br />

ctm<br />

(1+<br />

no<br />

ρs<br />

⎟<br />

2 τ ρ ⎝ E ρ E<br />

)<br />

sm s s s s ⎠<br />

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