Research Article

Experimental and Numerical Research on Defective Shield Segment under Cyclic Loading

Table 2

Comparison of the cracking loads between numerical and experimental results.

MethodCracking loads
Axial load (kN)Vertical load (kN)

By the load-strain curve281.25139.48
By numerical simulation290.00147.73
Error (%)3.115.91
By the CMOD-time curve269.22143.60
By numerical simulation290.00147.73
Error (%)7.162.80