Experimental and Numerical Evaluation of Perfobond Rib Shear Connectors Embedded in Recycled Aggregate Concrete

Table 5

Comparisons between experimental and predicted resistances.

	Specimen	Shear resistance per PBL
		Test (FE)	Eq. (5)	Eq. (6)	Eq. (7)	Eq. (8)	Eq. (9A) and (9B)	Eq. (10)	Eq. (5)	Eq. (6)	Eq. (7)	Eq. (8)	Eq. (9A) and (9B)	Eq. (10)
Test	R-t8-d20	493	723	386	491	384	339	382	0.68	1.28	1.00	1.28	1.45	1.29
	R-t10-d20	514	800	402	491	384	353	382	0.64	1.28	1.05	1.34	1.46	1.35
	R-t12-d20	556	877	417	491	384	366	382	0.63	1.33	1.13	1.45	1.52	1.46
FE	R-t16-d20	648	1,029	443	491	384	388	382	0.63	1.46	1.32	1.69	1.67	1.70
	R-t20-d20	696	1,183	467	491	384	407	382	0.59	1.49	1.42	1.81	1.71	1.82
	R-t24-d20	699	1,206	488	491	384	424	382	0.58	1.43	1.42	1.82	1.65	1.83
	R-t12-d0	371	612	—	183	298	196	—	0.61	—	2.03	1.24	1.89	—
	R-t12-d8	429	655	278	232	311	207	92	0.65	1.54	1.85	1.38	2.07	4.66
	R-t12-d12	496	707	310	294	329	245	172	0.70	1.60	1.69	1.51	2.02	2.88
	R-t12-d16	529	781	357	380	353	298	270	0.68	1.48	1.39	1.50	1.78	1.96
Average									0.64	1.43	1.43	1.50	1.72	2.11