Table 3 Comparison of Walraven and Reinhardt (1981) experimental values with FEM results obtained in the two analyses implemented: 1—VFEM considering Eq. (1); 2—VFEM considering the improved constitutive relation for aggregate interlock.
Test | VR (kN) | VR,FEM,1 (kN) | VR/VR,FEM,1 | VdR,FEM (kN) | VdR,FEM/VR | VR,FEM,2 (kN) | VR/VR,FEM,2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
240208 | 167.4 | 140.9 | 1.19 | 12.09 | 0.072 | 171.1 | 0.98 |
110208 | 198.8 | 156.1 | 1.27 | 14.48 | 0.073 | 194.4 | 1.02 |
110408 | 231.8 | 180.0 | 1.29 | 28.95 | 0.125 | 237.4 | 0.98 |
230208 | 241.9 | 231.7 | 1.04 | 20.98 | 0.087 | 337.5 | 0.72 |
230408 | 389.9 | 280.5 | 1.39 | 41.96 | 0.108 | 392.3 | 0.99 |
230608 | 452.2 | 308.7 | 1.46 | 62.94 | 0.139 | 448.3 | 1.01 |
230808 | 510.8 | 337.3 | 1.51 | 83.91 | 0.164 | 507.5 | 1.01 |
|  |  | μ | 1.31 |  |  |  | 0.96 |
|  |  | σ | 0.15 |  |  |  | 0.10 |