Abstract
Purposes of this study are to clarify mechanical properties of commercially available reinforced members by using Three-dimensional Finite Element Method and to evaluate jointing performances of them by tensile experiments in a prescribed the method. In FEM analyses, the effects of difference among the three reinforced members "Type A, B and C" on stress distributions and deformation states were investigated. Specified tensile tests and experiments concerning strain distributions were conducted for measurement of joint strengths, for verification of numerical results, espectively. From the numerical and experimental results, it has proved that the Type A reinforced member is the most superior jointing performance of the three types.
