Flexural Modelling and Finite Element Analysis of FRC Beams Reinforced with PVA and Basalt Fibres and Their Validation

Table 7

Comparison of finite element (FE) analysis and experimental results.

Series	Beam IDs	Finite element analysis (FEA) results			Experimental results			Mathematical model results	Experimental/FEA results
		Load (kN)	Deflection (mm)	Tensile strain (mm/mm)	Load (kN)	Deflection (mm)	Tensile strain (mm/mm)	Load (kN)	Load (kN)	Deflection (mm)	Tensile strain (mm/mm)
“P”	P-0	10.416	0.2199	0.0001238	10.45	0.227	0.0001310	9.72	0.9967	0.9687	0.9450
	PP-1	11.67	0.2599	0.0001151	11.68	0.262	0.0001243	10.83	0.9991	0.9920	0.9260
	PP-2	11.954	0.2799	0.0001239	12.10	0.289	0.0001286	10.84	0.9879	0.9685	0.9635
	PP-3	10.264	0.275	0.0001693	10.88	0.282	0.0001708	10.10	0.9434	0.9752	0.9912
	PB-1	10.632	0.2199	0.0000974	10.70	0.221	0.0001034	10.21	0.9936	0.9950	0.9422
	PB-2	12.352	0.2699	0.0001582	12.44	0.272	0.0001590	10.27	0.9929	0.9923	0.9950
	PB-3	10.982	0.2299	0.0001326	10.99	0.230	0.0001326	9.91	0.9993	0.9996	1.0000
“S”	S-0	10.85	0.2299	0.0001019	10.99	0.232	0.0001020	10.45	0.9873	0.9909	0.9990
	SP-1	11.594	0.2499	0.0001107	11.82	0.255	0.0001297	11.55	0.9809	0.9800	0.8535
	SP-2	11.788	0.2599	0.0001151	12.459	0.263	0.0001468	11.55	0.9461	0.9882	0.7841
	SP-3	11.214	0.2499	0.0001119	11.462	0.254	0.0001736	10.78	0.9784	0.9839	0.6446
	SB-1	11.60	0.2399	0.0001063	11.93	0.243	0.0001610	10.94	0.9723	0.9872	0.6602
	SB-2	12.168	0.2799	0.0001660	12.19	0.283	0.0001699	10.96	0.9982	0.9890	0.9770
	SB-3	11.420	0.2699	0.0001615	11.43	0.271	0.0001666	10.59	0.9991	0.9959	0.9694
“M”	M-0	11.820	0.2399	0.0001064	11.833	0.241	0.0001258	11.36	0.9989	0.9954	0.8458
	MP-1	11.906	0.2299	0.0001020	12.08	0.230	0.0001431	11.93	0.9856	0.9996	0.7128
	MP-2	12.684	0.2499	0.0001108	12.804	0.250	0.0001838	11.94	0.9906	0.9996	0.6028
	MP-3	10.474	0.2399	0.0001108	11.06	0.243	0.0001737	11.14	0.8882	0.9461	0.9505
	MB-1	12.268	0.2599	0.0001152	12.31	0.260	0.0001549	11.33	0.9966	0.9996	0.7437
	MB-2	14.11	0.2899	0.0001816	14.134	0.292	0.0001831	11.35	0.9983	0.9928	0.9918
	MB-3	14.326	0.2999	0.0001329	14.557	0.300	0.0001528	10.95	0.9841	0.9997	0.8698

Note. Experimental results of the beams are borrowed from [14], and mathematical model results are borrowed from Table 5.