Experimental and numerical ultimate capacities
| Beam | Ultimate capacity, Pu | Ultimate deflection, Δu | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pu,exp: kN | Pu,FEM: kN | Pu,exp/Pu,FEM | Δu,exp: mm | Δu,FEM: mm | Δu,exp/Δu,FEM | |
| B0 | 283 | 271.44 | 1.04 | 4.36 | 4.27 | 1.02 |
| BF | 424 | 402.52 | 1.052 | 2.90 | 3.13 | 0.93 |
| B-rec1 | 377 | 397.36 | 0.948 | 4.02 | 4.22 | 0.95 |
| B-cr1 | 376 | 386.01 | 0.97 | 2.93 | 3.29 | 0.89 |
| B-rec2 | 409 | 427.53 | 0.96 | 3.58 | 4.08 | 0.88 |
| B-cr2 | 416 | 419.65 | 0.99 | 4.54 | 4.59 | 0.99 |
| Mean | 0.99 | Mean | 0.94 | |||
| SD | 0.044 | SD | 0.056 | |||
| CoV: % | 0.045 | CoV: % | 0.059 | |||
| Error: % | 5 | Error: % | 14 | |||
| Beam | Ultimate capacity, | Ultimate deflection, Δu | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Δu,exp: mm | Δu,FEM: mm | Δu,exp/Δu,FEM | ||||
| B0 | 283 | 271.44 | 1.04 | 4.36 | 4.27 | 1.02 |
| BF | 424 | 402.52 | 1.052 | 2.90 | 3.13 | 0.93 |
| B-rec1 | 377 | 397.36 | 0.948 | 4.02 | 4.22 | 0.95 |
| B-cr1 | 376 | 386.01 | 0.97 | 2.93 | 3.29 | 0.89 |
| B-rec2 | 409 | 427.53 | 0.96 | 3.58 | 4.08 | 0.88 |
| B-cr2 | 416 | 419.65 | 0.99 | 4.54 | 4.59 | 0.99 |
| Mean | 0.99 | Mean | 0.94 | |||
| SD | 0.044 | SD | 0.056 | |||
| CoV: % | 0.045 | CoV: % | 0.059 | |||
| Error: % | 5 | Error: % | 14 | |||
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