Research Article

Experimental Torsional Capacity of Plain Concrete Beams Made from Crushed Clay Brick and Recycled Brick Concrete as Coarse Aggregate

Table 7

Comparison of available torsional model with experimental torque.

Concrete typeExperimental torque
(kN m)
Elastic theory (kN m)Error (kN m)Plastic theory (kN m)Error (kN m)Space truss (kN m)Error (kN m)TS 500 Turkish (kN m)Error (kN m)Skew bending (kN m)Error (kN m)

NSAC18.92.7312.612−0.1192.615−0.1161.307−1.4242.365−0.3662.7780.047
NSAC20.72.8932.731−0.1622.733−0.161.367−1.5262.472−0.4212.9040.011
NSAC22.43.0622.847−0.2152.85−0.2121.425−1.6372.577−0.4853.028−0.034
NSAC24.13.2012.964−0.2372.966−0.2351.483−1.7182.682−0.5193.152−0.049
RMSE0.1890.1861.580.4510.038
Ranking3rd2nd5th4th1st
VBAC18.92.5922.48−0.1122.483−0.1091.241−1.3512.245−0.3472.6380.046
VBAC20.72.7342.588−0.1462.59−0.1441.295−1.4392.342−0.3922.7520.018
VBAC22.42.8792.689−0.192.692−0.1871.346−1.5332.434−0.4452.86−0.019
VBAC24.13.0242.786−0.2382.788−0.2361.394−1.632.521−0.5032.963−0.061
RMSE0.1780.1761.4920.4260.040
Ranking3rd2nd5th4th1st
RSAC18.92.5542.468−0.0862.47−0.0841.235−1.3192.234−0.322.6250.071
RSAC20.72.6852.575−0.112.577−0.1081.289−1.3962.33−0.3552.7380.053
RSAC22.42.8312.673−0.1582.676−0.1551.338−1.4932.42−0.4112.8430.012
RSAC24.12.9672.769−0.1982.772−0.1951.386−1.5812.506−0.4612.945−0.022
RMSE0.1450.1421.4510.3900.046
Ranking3rd2nd5th4th1st
RBAC18.92.4822.451−0.0312.453−0.0291.227−1.2552.219−0.2632.6070.125
RBAC20.72.5942.557−0.0372.559−0.0351.28−1.3142.314−0.282.7190.125
RBAC22.42.7162.655−0.0612.658−0.0581.329−1.3872.403−0.3132.8240.108
RBAC24.12.7932.748−0.0452.751−0.0421.376−1.4172.488−0.3052.9230.13
RMSE0.0450.0421.3450.2910.122
Ranking2nd1st5th4th3rd