Failure Analysis of Locally Damaged Slender Steel Bars Strengthened with CFRP Composites: Experiments, Theory, and Computational Simulations

Table 6

Comparison between experimental and theoretical results.

Group 1	Reinforcement area	Critical force (kN)
Specimen #		Experiment	Theory
JW000-11	Unreinforced	22.29	25.62
JW152-12	Whole bar	27.99	30.50
JS000-13	Unreinforced	20.33	22.83
JS142-14	Damaged area	22.14	24.86
JS152-15	Whole bar	25.68	27.37
JS000-16	Unreinforced	19.85	22.44
JS142-17	Damaged area	20.96	24.74
JS152-18	Whole bar	24.37	26.92