DCEN.2021.024

Cracks in Buildings- Causes and Preventions

Noor Sadeq Ali

noori.ali@cihanuniversity.edu.iq

Abstract- Building cracks are most common problem found in any type of building. We all love to have a house which structurally safe and beautiful but it is not so easy, Not all the cracks developed are harmful but there are some type of cracks which can be severely structurally hazardous .Though the cracks in concrete cannot be prevented entirely but they can be controlled by using adequate material and technique of construction and specific design criteria.

Keywords- crack, building defects, threads in buildings.

Date: 15/02/2021

Place: Department of Civil Engineering