2.6.2 Principal Internal Forces

Principal Internal Forces

If the first principal internal force is negative, uncracked concrete is assumed in this area of the analyzed surface element. For walls, only the magnitude of the concrete compression stress is checked in such a case. For plates, no serviceability limit state design is carried out on this surface side, at least.

For a wall, if the first principal axial force is a tension force, the provided concrete tensile stress is determined according to the following equation.

$σ_{c, l} = \frac{n_{l}}{A_{c}} = \frac{n_{l}}{b \cdot h}$

For a plate, if the first principal moment is a positive moment, the provided concrete tensile stress is determined as follows.

$σ_{c, l} = \frac{m_{l}}{W} = \frac{m_{l} \cdot 6}{b \cdot h^{2}}$

If this linear-elastically determined stress σ_c,I is greater than the mean value of the axial tensile strength f_ctm, cracked concrete is assumed. Only then does RF-CONCRETE Surfaces determine the design internal forces for the individual directions of reinforcement and perform the serviceability limit state designs mentioned at the beginning of chapter 2.6.

Parent Chapter

2.6 Serviceability