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The density of normal weight concrete is taken as 2400 kg/m3 (3.1.3).

The design strength is given in 10.6.2.5(b) by

fcd=α2fcf_{cd}=\alpha_2 f_c \\

with

α2=10.003fc\alpha_2=1-0.003 f_c \\

and limits of [0.67:0.85].

The tensile strength is given in 3.1.1.3 by

fct=0.6fcf_{ct}=0.6\sqrt{f_c} \\

The elastic modulus is given (in MPa) in 3.1.2 as

E=ρ1.5×0.043 fcmi              fcmi40MPaE=ρ1.5×0.024 fcmi+0.1      fcmi>40MPaE=\rho^{1.5} \times 0.043 \space \sqrt{f_{cmi}} \space \space \space \space \space \space \space \space \space \space \space \space \space \space f_{cmi} \leq 40 MPa \\ E=\rho^{1.5} \times 0.024 \space \sqrt{f_{cmi}} +0.1 \space \space \space \space \space \space f_{cmi} > 40 MPa \\

This is tabulated in Table 3.1.2.

fcf_c (MPa)EE (GPa)
2024.0
2526.7
3230.1
4032.8
5034.8
6537.4
8039.6
10042.2

The strains are defined as:

εcu\varepsilon_{cu}εax\varepsilon_{ax}εplas\varepsilon_{plas}εmax\varepsilon_{max}εpeak\varepsilon_{peak}
Parabola-rectangle
Rectangle0.0030.0025εβ\varepsilon_{\beta}0.003εβ\varepsilon_{\beta}
Bilinear
Linear0.003εmax\varepsilon_{max}
Non-linear
Popovicsεmax\varepsilon_{max}εpop\varepsilon_{pop}
EC2 Confined
AISC filled tube
Explicit0.0030.00250.003

See also the Theory section on Concrete material models.