Analysis and Design of Short FRP-Confined Concrete-Encased Arbitrarily Shaped Steel Columns under Biaxial Loading

Figure 5

Mesh schemes for the predefined column.

(a) Mesh scheme-1 (size = about 2 mm)

(b) Mesh scheme-2 (size = about 5 mm)

(c) Mesh scheme-3 (size = about 20 mm)

(d) Mesh scheme-4 (size = about 40 mm)