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Table 4 Comparison of test cracking torque and calculated cracking torque.

From: Experimental and Analytical Studies of U-Shaped Thin-Walled RC Beams Under Combined Actions of Torsion, Flexure and Shear

Beams

Cracking torque (kNm)

Test/calculation

Test

Calculation

MEM-1:5

4.5

4.7

0.96

MEM-1:1

9.6

10.2

0.94

MEM-1:0

17.3

16.9

1.02

MEM-Collins-1:0

23

18.5

1.24

Average value

 

1.04

SD

 

0.12

Coefficient of variation

 

11.5%