Research Article

Finite Element Analysis of the Shear Capacity of Recycled Aggregate Concrete Beams with Corroded Stirrups

Table 1

Models with different parameter settings.

Model numbersConvergence tolerance (%)Grid division size (mm)Shear transfer coefficient of closed cracksShear transfer coefficient of open cracksSimulation results

14.5500.950.4Basically consistent
24.3, 4.7500.950.4Large error
34.545, 550.950.4Large error
44.5500.93, 0.970.4Large error
54.5500.950.38, 0.42Large error