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Recourse for RC cracked Girder?

Recourse for RC cracked Girder?

Recourse for RC cracked Girder?

(OP)
An RC girder is cracked just 120 cm from its support, the crack is deepen enough from all four sides.

What is the major risk for that?

what do i need to do to repair it for use?

respects.

RE: Recourse for RC cracked Girder?

You need to provide more information.  Loads, span, cross section, reinforcing, etc. A sketch would be helpful. Did the crack happen immediately after construction, when shoring was removed or after some time?
In general a crack near a support is due to a shear problem.

RE: Recourse for RC cracked Girder?

Jed is right..  more info would be helpful, but it definitely smells like a shear problem, and that is not good. You may want to get a structural engineer involved ASAP.

RE: Recourse for RC cracked Girder?

A photo would help, as well as the information requested above.  The risk is that it may fall down, but that depends on what caused the crack.   

RE: Recourse for RC cracked Girder?

That is truly ugly. But I'd still like to see the design drawing(s) or at least a photo of the wall (beam) that shows the length, supports and some proportion of the issue. Was this a test load or just when they pulled off the shoring?
I don't want to push the panic button, but some shoring looks necessary.  That's a huge crack/spall.

RE: Recourse for RC cracked Girder?

The photos show that the cracking is significant, but we need a lot more information to be able to assess risk.
If it cracked due to loading the beam was inadequate; a simple repair is not enough, it will need strengthening modifications.

You need an experienced structural engineer on site.

BTW, impressive photo file names.

RE: Recourse for RC cracked Girder?

Jed and apsix are right.  We can't assess why this failed without a lot more information.  My guess would be that the beam was trying to transfer an offset column load, but as Jed said, a wider picture is required to get an idea of what happened.  If you don't have the experience, get a structural engineer involved who does.  And safety first...cordon off the area and get some  shores in place, designed to carry all the load which the beam was supposed to carry.

RE: Recourse for RC cracked Girder?

You need to shore this and get a structural engineer involved IMMEDIATELY!

This is not the place for free structural advice.

RE: Recourse for RC cracked Girder?

Looks a bit like a bonding failure of some very large bars... Can you provide any information about the loading history?

Dik

RE: Recourse for RC cracked Girder?

Was there any resolution to this?

I'm always interested in failure analysis.

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