Research Article

Bending and Shear Experimental Tests and Numerical Analysis of Composite Slabs Made Up of Lightweight Concrete

Table 5

Summary of load steps introduced in the FEA model.

Load step  1Load step  2Load step  3

Time step (s)2 × 10−51 × 10−31 × 10−3
Max. time (s)0.10.10.1
Force convergence (%)2DefaultDefault