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Department of Civil Engineering, University of Kuwait, P.O. Box 5969, Kuwait

ABSTRACT

This paper presents an analytical method for determining the incipient-cracking resistance of reinforced concrete flexural members. The proposed method is based on the real stress-strain state of the constituent materials in the tension and compression zones at cracking. It is equally applicable to all common shapes of section and types of reinforcement. A graphical solution, intended to assist designers, has also been developed through a set of composite charts which serve all practical values of the parameters governing the cracking moment. A numerical example is given in Appendix B to illustrate the graphical procedure.