Research Article

Behaviour of Eccentric Concrete Columns Reinforced with Carbon Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Bars

Table 4

Comparison of PExp./PTheo by the three calculation methods for 61 concrete columns reinforced with FRP bars.

Calculation methodMethod 1: ACI 440.1R-15 [1]Method 2: Hadi et al. [18]Method 3: proposal

Equation used(1) and (3) to (6)(2) and (3) to (6)(2) and (3) to (6)
Mean1.080.971.05
SD0.130.100.10
COV (%)11.629.959.88
Range:
 Min.0.870.790.85
 Max.1.491.181.26
Number <1.0163524

Number of specimens (out of 61) having PExp./PTheo less than one.