Concrete & Reinforcement

Table of Eurocode 3 Concrete Design Properties

Try using our table of concrete properties including strength properties (fck, fcd, fctm, fctd) elastic deformation properties (Ecm) and minimum shear reinforcement

MJ Longinos MJ Longinos
Julianna Widlund, P.E Julianna Widlund, P.E
Feb. 16, 2023

This following table is extracted from EN1992-1-1 (γc = 1.50, fyk = 500 MPa

Symbol Description C12/15 C16/20 C20/25 C25/30 C30/37 C35/45 C40/50 C45/55 C50/60 C55/67 C60/75 C70/85 C80/95 C90/105
fck (MPa) Characteristic cylinder compressive strength 12 16 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 70 80 90
fck,cube (MPa) Characteristic cube compressive strength 15 20 25 30 37 45 50 55 60 67 75 85 95 105
fcm (MPa) Mean cylinder compressive strength 20 24 28 33 38 43 48 53 58 63 68 78 88 98
fctm (MPa) Mean tensile strength 1.57 1.9 2.21 2.56 2.9 3.21 3.51 3.8 4.07 4.21 4.35 4.61 4.84 5.04
Ecm (MPa) Elastic modulus 27085 28608 29962 31476 32837 34077 35220 36283 37278 38214 39100 40743 42244 43631
fcd (MPa) (for αcc=1.00) Design compressive strength (for αcc=1.00) 8 10.67 13.33 16.67 20 23.33 26.67 30 33.33 36.67 40 46.67 53.33 60
fcd (MPa) (for αcc=0.85) Design compressive strength (for αcc=0.85) 6.8 9.07 11.33 14.17 17 19.83 22.67 25.5 28.33 31.17 34 39.67 45.33 51
fctd (MPa) (for αct=1.00) Design tensile strength (for αct=1.00) 0.73 0.89 1.03 1.2 1.35 1.5 1.64 1.77 1.9 1.97 2.03 2.15 2.26 2.35
ρmin (%) Minimum longitudinal tension reinforcement ratio 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.133 0.151 0.167 0.182 0.197 0.212 0.219 0.226 0.24 0.252 0.262
ρw,min (%) Minimum shear reinforcement ratio 0.055 0.064 0.072 0.08 0.088 0.095 0.101 0.107 0.113 0.119 0.124 0.134 0.143 0.152

 

 

 

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