Research Article

Flexural Behavior of Basalt Fiber Reinforced Polymer Tube Confined Coconut Fiber Reinforced Concrete

Table 4

Experimental and predicted cracking moments of BFRP-PC and BFRP-CFRC.

SpecimensTestACI 318-08CAN/CSA S6-06Fam and Rizkalla

2L-BFRP-PCMcr (N·m)501.38279.49186.32465.81
Ratio1.792.691.08
4L-BFRP-PCMcr (N·m)526.50289.12192.74481.86
Ratio1.762.641.06
6L-BFRP-PCMcr (N·m)557.25274.73183.87458.61
Ratio2.033.031.22
2L-BFRP-CFRCMcr (N·m)552.00299.03199.35498.38
Ratio1.912.861.15
4L-BFRP-CFRCMcr (N·m)526.88309.15206.10515.25
Ratio1.702.561.02
6L-BFRP-CFRCMcr (N·m)585.00282.60186.39466.52
Ratio2.073.141.25