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A crack is a complete or incomplete seperation of concrete into two or more parts, produced by breaking or fracturing.
CLASSIFICATION OF CRACKS
1.Structural Cracks
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1. Structural deficiency resulting from design deficiency or construction deficiency and overloading. 2. Temperature and shrinkage effects.
3.Settlement of ground.
4. Faulty workman ship and poor construction practice .
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STRUCTURAL DEFICIENCY RESULTING FROM DESIGN DEFICIENCY OR CONSTRUCTION DEFICIENCY AND OVERLOADING
Occurs due to flexural steel deficiency. Occurs at maximum bending moment region
PREVENTIVE MEASURES
Special care need to be taken while designing and detailing.
PREVENTIVE MEASURES
Minimise the use of rich concrete mix.
TEMPERATURE EFFECT
Volume changes .
PREVENTIVE MEASURES
Adequate insulating or terracing treatmemt.
Vertical distortion or cracking of masonry walls, wrapped interiors and exterior opening.
Occurs early in life of building.
Soil consolidation under footing. Loss of moisture. Water table level. Faulty drains, leaking water mains. Soil compaction or movement due to vibration .
Cracking likely to occur at corners and adjacent to opening. follows a rough diagonal along morter joints.
May extend through continuous building element such as floor slabs, masonary walls above the foundation and interiors.
The structure is subjected to severe stress due to alternate swelling and shrinkage.
PREVENTIVE MEASURES
Under reamed pile foundation. Foundation design for uniform distribution of pressure. SBC is not exceeded.
Cold joints.
Segregation. Plastic shrinkage cracking.
PREVENTIVE MEASURES
Water cement ratio.
Proper curing.
Support for forms. Design recommendations.
Improper drainage.
Filled up soil.
Growth of trees .
REMEDIAL MEASURES
Remove and fill with firm good soil.
CONCLUSION
They are versatile diagnostic devices, clearly indicating the specific problem in concerned members. In addition they also indicate the degree of seriousness of the problem..
The crack throw light on the discipline in the associated structural designs and quality . The corrective measures to be implemented are clearly indicated by these cracks.
REFERENCES
Peter H Emmons- Concrete repair and maintainence `