The Influence of the Number of Joints on the Size Effect of Shear Strength and Characteristic Strength

Table 7

Shear strength under different structural plane sizes.

Simulation program	Number of joints (bar)	Shear strength under different structural plane sizes (MPa)
		Program 1	Program 2	Program 3	Program 4	Program 5	Program 6
		200 mm	400 mm	600 mm	800 mm	1000 mm	1200 mm
Program 7	1	224.13	111.34	71.71	56.23	44.28	35.37
Program 8	3	206.15	109.28	71.29	52.32	42.87	34.43
Program 9	5	203.33	105.14	66.24	51.32	42.17	33.94
Program 10	7	199.84	97.73	65.05	50.28	40.64	32.86
Program 11	9	197.65	95.64	65.23	48.92	40.11	32.45