VALIDATION EXPERIMENT OF REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS WITH SHEAR REINFORCEMENTS FOR VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION

Abstract

A validation experiment for reinforced concrete beams was carried out to validate the computational models in the verification and validation (V&V). The specimens were prepared simultaneously under the same conditions to reduce uncertainty in the experiment, and the experiments were performed in a short period. The non-linear finite element analysis was used to specify the uncertainty affecting the experimental results. The numerical and experimental results revealed that the main factor of uncertainty involved in the experiment was the variation of concrete material properties.