Research on the Mechanical Properties of a Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer-Steel Combined Truss Structure

Table 6

Contrast experimental value with the FEM value of composite rods under 600 kN·m.

Member	S5	S6	S7	S8	S9	S10	S11
IFD (kN)	200	25	56	25	25	56	200
EV (kN)	−182.4	19.8	−42.5	1.3	−19.9	42.8	180.3
FEM (kN)	−190.8	20.5	−43.9	1.4	−20.7	43.9	183.3
Deviation	4.6%	3.5%	3.3%	7.7%	4%	2.6%	1.7%

IFD: internal force value for 20 t designed loading; EV: experimental value; deviation: .