Table 7 Comparison of simulation results under different support conditions and the experimental result with truss structure in Fig. 2b.
Maximum deflection/mm | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Method | Simulation | Experiment | |||
End restraint type | Fixed-end | Rotation without horizontal slip | Horizontal slip without rotation | Horizontal slip and rotation | / |
Result | 9.33 | 9.54 | 10.00 | 10.17 | 11.40 (average) |
Absolute error | − 2.07 | − 1.86 | − 1.40 | − 1.23 | 0 |
Relative error | 18.14% (↓) | 16.36% (↓) | 12.31% (↓) | 10.79% (↓) | 0 |
