Thermal analysis of cracked beam / Asaudi Ibrahim

Cracks may occur not only due to submerge of column or support but also moment in structure, shrinkage, creep, change in temperature and others. Reinforcement concrete detailing might lead to thermal cracking and in this study a part of a cracked beam is anarysed with respective to thermal changes. The overall structural behaviour of the beam may be influenced due to this crack existence. This project concerns the temperature distribution on a cracked beam model, when heat is applied. The temperature distribution is determined using ANSYS Software Version 5.0, available at the CADEM Centre, ITM. Temperature selected in the analysis were from26°C to 33°C and four conditions of "applied forces" were applied to the model. From this study the void area within the crack do not influence the heat distribution but affects the movement due to restrained conditions.