Experimental and Numerical Studies on the Negative Flexural Behavior of Steel-UHPC Composite Beams

<table class="table-group" id="tab6"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Beam</td><td class="align_center">Cracking strain (<i>µε</i>)</td><td class="align_center">UHPC nominal tensile stress <i>f</i><sub><i>cr</i></sub> (MPa)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">CB-1</td><td class="align_center">1453</td><td class="align_center">23.2</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">CB-2</td><td class="align_center">1516</td><td class="align_center">25.3</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">CB-3</td><td class="align_center">1774</td><td class="align_center">23.9</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Nominal tensile stress of the model beams.</div>

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Table 6: Experimental and Numerical Studies on the Negative Flexural Behavior of Steel-UHPC Composite Beams 