According to the "Structural Engineer's Pocket Book" concrete commonly has a modulus of elasticity in the range of 17 - 30 GPa.
The exact value of modulus of elasticity depends on the concrete's uniaxial compressive strength after a cure time of 28 days.
These values are related using the following:
Emc = 4700 x sqrt(UCS)
Where:
Emc = Elastic Modulus (MPa)
UCS = Uniaxial Compressive Strength of Concrete after 28 days (MPa).
Source:
Cobb, F. (2009). Structural Engineer's Pocket Book, Second Edition. London, Butterworth-Heinemann.
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