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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 8 Comparison of test and theoretical and FEA results about ultimate bearing capacity

From: Eccentric compression behavior of long poplar columns externally reinforced by BFRP

Column

fu-TEST (kN)

Pu-FEA (kN)

Theoretical value Pt (kN)

Increment of fu and Pt (%)

Increment of Pu and Pt (%)

DBZ

46

49

48.32

5.0

1.4

JB1

50

52

52.73

5.5

1.4

JB2

55

57

56.72

3.1

0.5

MB1

57

56

55.36

2.9

1.2

MB2

60

62

60.80

1.3

1.3

  1. Pu is ultimate load of FEA; fu is ultimate load of test