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Cracking of reinforced concrete

Authors: Jean Michel TORRENTI, Francis BARRE

Publication date: May 10, 2016, Review date: August 24, 2021 | Lire en français

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    2. Cracks in concrete: details

    2.1 Crack opening: a probabilistic quantity

    In the 2010 fib model code (see Pour en savoir plus), it is stated that "the phenomenon of cracking" is of a highly probabilistic nature. Consequently, the comparison between a calculated crack opening and an imposed limit opening can only be used to satisfy a dimensioning criterion. High accuracy cannot be expected from experience. Figure 1 illustrates this by showing an example of maximum crack opening distribution

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