Experimental Study on the System Performance of Adjacent Precast Concrete Box Beam Bridges

Table 2

Benchmarks of a simple beam.

Benchmarks	Criteria	Corresponding load level obtained from simulation
Steel tensile yield strength	Tensile strain = 0.002	79.5 kN
Steel ultimate tensile strength (Chinese code)	Tensile strain = 0.01	94.5 kN
Concrete ultimate compressive strength	Compressive strain = 0.0033	92 kN
Concrete compressive crack strength	Compressive strain = 0.0016	89 kN
Maximum displacement level	Midspan deflection = L/100 = 47.3 mm	95 kN