Study on Mechanical Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Beams under Sulfate Attack

Table 3

Influence of element and mesh size on analysis results.

Mesh scheme	Concrete		Rebar		Mises stress
	Element type	Grid size (mm)	Element type	Grid size (mm)	(MPa)
Mesh 1	C3D8R	25	T3D2	25	6.15
Mesh 2	C3D8R	12.5	T3D2	12.5	9.1
Mesh 3	C3D8R	10.0	T3D2	10.0	10.2
Mesh 4	C3D8R	7.5	T3D2	7.5	10.3
Mesh 5	C3D20R	10.0	T3D3	10.0	10.2