Research Article

Prediction of Load Capacity Variation in FRP Bonded Concrete Specimens Using Brownian Motion

Table 1

Specimens of Dai et al. [6] and their fracture energy bounds.

Specimen
(mm)

(KN)
Theoretical
(N/mm)
lower bound 
(N/mm)
upper bound 
(N/mm)
upper and lower bounds away from theoretical
(%)

CR1L10.009040.06423.41.0340.6141.45440.62
CR1L10.010460.06623.11.3840.9051.86334.70
CR1L10.009080.05324.91.0430.5791.50744.45
CR1L20.006640.06933.51.1150.8181.41226.63
CR1L20.006820.06139.31.1770.8521.50227.61
CR1L20.007320.07739.31.3561.0461.66722.86
CR1L30.005090.06442.90.9830.7461.21223.29
CR1L30.005540.05738.41.1650.8921.43823.43
CR1L30.005250.06238.41.0420.7941.29023.80
CR1L30.004960.05936.90.9300.6901.17025.81
AR1L10.012600.07025.51.4760.9162.03637.94
AR1L20.009550.073833.61.4501.0341.85628.00
AR1L30.006060.06839.91.3511.0781.62421.54
GR1L50.007320.06233.41.1710.8251.51729.54
CR2L10.011240.11128.11.5981.2011.99524.84
CR2L20.008090.12343.21.6561.3851.92732.73
CR2L30.005960.10347.41.3431.1251.56116.23
AR2L30.006680.11147.11.6421.4061.87814.37
GR2L30.008690.09031.01.2080.8671.54828.14
CR3L20.009800.29047.72.4302.2162.6448.80
CR3L30.007320.22757.62.2052.0242.3868.20
AR3L30.009230.30960.93.1352.9403.3306.22

Average (%)25.4