Research Article
The Impact of the HMCFRP Ratio on the Strengthening of Steel Composite I-Beams
Table 3
Comparison of strengthened and reference beams during numerical analysis and experimental testing.
| | | | Experiment | FEM | % Difference |
| | Reference beam | Max load (kN) | 83 | 84 | 1.2 | | Max moment (kN-m) | 43.6 | 44.13 | 1.2 | | Strengthened beam | Max load (kN) | 115.4 | 121 | 4.85 | | Max moment (kN-m) | 60.58 | 63.52 | 4.85 |
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