Experimental Study and Mixed-Dimensional FE Analysis of T-Rib GFRP Plate-Concrete Composite Bridge Decks

Table 4

Comparisons of the three different FEA modes.

Model	Number of elements of GFRP	Number of elements of concrete	Total number of elements	Computational time (min)	Global maximum stress (MPa)		Local maximum shear stress of the GFRP plate (MPa)
					Tensile	Compressive
I	18864	113524	132388	20	37.760	33.156	—
II	138906	170624	309530	130	42.723	32.110	5.533
III	117806	125824	243630	38	40.932	31.594	5.567