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Table 5 Experimentally observed and analytically predicted failure load and failure mode.

From: The Use of Advanced Optical Measurement Methods for the Mechanical Analysis of Shear Deficient Prestressed Concrete Members

Specimen

Experiment

Eurocode 2 (European Committee for Standardization 2004, Bureau for Standardisation NBN 2010)

\(V_{u,exp}\)

(kN)

Failure mode

\(V_{u,pred}\)

(kN)

\(V_{u,bend}\)

(kN)

Failure mode

\( \frac{{V_{{u,exp}} }}{{V_{{u,pred}} }} \)

(−)

B101

377.7

S-DT†

158.1

412.2

S

2.39

B102

321.6

S-DT

158.1

329.6

S

2.03

B103

262.8

S-DT

243.3 ‡

329.6

S

1.08

B104

281.8

S-DT

135.2

406.6

S

2.08

B105

251.2

S-DT

135.2

325.3

S

1.86

B106

179.7

S-DT

206.9 ‡

325.3

S

0.87

B107

271.3

B

147.9

236.5

S

1.83

B108

213.8

B

147.9

189.2

S

1.45

B109

181.0

S-DT

197.0*

189.2

B

0.92

     

\(\overline{\frac{V_{u,exp}}{V_{u,pred}}}\)

1.61

     

COVa

55.4 \(\%\)

  1. †Shear failure mode due to diagonal tension.
  2. ‡Obtained using Eq. (12).
  3. aCoefficient of Variation.