Research Article
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 |
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