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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 5 Comparison of experimental and FEA results

From: Study on the flexural behavior of poplar beams externally strengthened by BFRP strips

Beam

Pu-FEA (kN)

Pu-EX (kN)

fu-FEA (mm)

fu-EX (mm)

Pu-FEA/Pu-EX

fu-FEA/fu-EX

DBL-01

10.5

10.5

38.07

36.8

1.000

1.035

JGLB50-1100

14.7

12.6

63.54

45.06

1.167

1.410

JGLB50-1700

16.8

14.7

66.12

49.78

1.143

1.328

JGLB50-1900

18.9

16.8

78.34

64.06

1.125

1.223

  1. Pu is ultimate load; fu is deflection of mid-span