Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Two-Span Reinforced Concrete Deep Beams and Comparisons with Strut-and-Tie Method

Table 7

Comparison of the numerical analysis result and STM of different design codes.

Beam name	(a/h)	FEA (ABAQUS)	ACI 318-14	CSA	EC2	FEA/ACI	FEA/CSA	FEA/EC2
C1	2	6023	5008	1457	3959	1.20	4.13	1.52
CM1	2	8244	7512	2186	5373	1.09	3.77	1.53
CH1	2	10110	10016	2915	64110	1.01	3.47	1.58
C2	1.33	9576	8407	4553	6647	1.14	2.10	1.44
CM2	1.33	13244	12610	6829	9020	1.05	1.93	1.46
CH2	1.33	16061	16814	9106	10761	0.96	1.76	1.49
C3	1	14002	11195	8388	8851	1.25	1.67	1.58
CM3	1	20564	16792	12581	12011	1.22	1.63	1.71
CH3	1	25713	22390	16776	14329	1.14	1.53	1.79
B1	1	6612	5775	4228	5466	1.14	1.56	1.21
BM1	1	8773	8663	6342	6197	1.01	1.38	1.41
BH1	1	11022	11551	8457	7393	0.95	1.30	1.49
B2	0.75	10683	8392	7594	6635	1.27	1.41	1.61
BM2	0.75	15551	12588	11391	9004	1.23	1.36	1.72
BH2	0.75	18692	16785	15189	10742	1.11	1.23	1.74
B3	0.5	18326	13319	14591	10530	1.38	1.26	1.74
BM3	0.5	25104	19979	21887	14291	1.25	1.14	1.75
BH3	0.5	32345	26639	29183	17049	1.21	1.11	1.90
B4	0.33	24048	17324	21281	13697	1.39	1.13	1.76
BM4	0.33	34131	25987	31921	18588	1.31	1.06	1.83
BH4	0.33	40623	34649	42562	22176	1.17	0.95	1.83