Experimental Investigation of Ductility in GFRP RC Beams by Confining the Compression Zone

Table 10

Specimen ductility parameters.

Group	Specimen	^a	^b
Group 1	RB	1.30	1.31
Group 2	DVR-W30	1.30; (−%0.65)^c	1.31; (+%0.5)
	DVR-W50	2.09; (+%59.99)	2.07; (+%58.3)
Group 3	DSR-A10-W30	1.96; (+%50.18)	1.98; (+%51.5)
	DSR-A20-W30	1.37; (+%4.86)	1.7; (+%29.8)
	DSR-A30-W30	1.42; (+%8.6)	1.68; (+%28.8)
Group 4	CSR-SR-W20	1.53; (+%17.63)	1.8; (+%37.5)
	CSR-SC-W20	1.82; (+%39.43)	1.84; (+%40.5)

^aDuctility index expression by deflection, ^bductility index expression by Energy dissipation, ^cpercentages of changes compared to the reference beam.