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Summary of approximation error analysis_
| i | Q max,i | Chin | Decourt | Brinch-Hansen | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q ul,i | Error | Q max,i /Q ul,0 | Q ul,i | Error | Q max,i /Q ul,0 | Q ul,i | Error | Q max,i /Q ul,0 | ||
| − | kN | kN | % | % | kN | % | % | kN | % | % |
| 0 | 1.44 | 2.95 | 0.0 | 48.9 | 2.97 | 0.0 | 48.5 | 2.01 | 0.0 | 71.7 |
| −1 | 1.38 | 2.92 | 1.0 | 46.8 | 2.94 | 0.7 | 46.5 | 2.16 | −7.3 | 68.7 |
| −2 | 1.40 | 2.92 | 0.9 | 47.5 | 2.95 | 0.6 | 47.2 | 2.11 | −4.9 | 69.7 |
| −3 | 1.34 | 2.90 | 1.7 | 45.5 | 2.93 | 1.2 | 45.2 | 2.28 | −13.4 | 66.7 |
| −4 | 1.36 | 2.90 | 1.6 | 46.2 | 2.94 | 1.0 | 45.8 | 2.24 | −11.4 | 67.7 |
| −5 | 1.30 | 2.88 | 2.3 | 44.1 | 2.92 | 1.5 | 43.8 | 2.59 | −28.9 | 64.7 |
| −6 | 1.32 | 2.90 | 1.7 | 44.8 | 2.94 | 0.9 | 44.5 | 2.34 | −16.3 | 65.7 |
| −7 | 1.26 | 2.89 | 2.0 | 42.8 | 2.94 | 1.0 | 42.5 | 2.59 | −28.9 | 62.7 |
| −8 | 1.28 | 2.90 | 1.5 | 43.4 | 2.95 | 0.5 | 43.1 | 2.45 | −21.9 | 63.7 |
| −9 | 1.22 | 2.89 | 2.0 | 41.4 | 2.95 | 0.7 | 41.1 | 3.39 | −68.9 | 60.7 |
| −10 | 1.24 | 2.92 | 0.8 | 42.1 | 2.98 | −0.4 | 41.8 | 2.44 | −21.7 | 61.7 |
| −11 | 1.20 | 2.93 | 0.5 | 40.7 | 2.99 | −0.9 | 40.5 | 2.52 | −25.2 | 59.7 |
| −12 | 1.22 | 2.98 | −1.0 | 41.4 | 3.03 | −2.3 | 41.1 | 1.68 | 16.5 | 60.7 |
| −13 | 1.16 | 2.99 | −1.6 | 39.4 | 3.06 | −3.1 | 39.1 | 1.09 | 45.9 | 57.7 |
| −14 | 1.18 | 2.99 | −1.6 | 40.1 | 3.06 | −3.3 | 39.8 | 1.00 | 50.5 | 58.7 |
| −15 | 1.12 | 2.94 | 0.2 | 38.0 | 3.02 | −1.9 | 37.8 | 1.88 | 6.3 | 55.7 |
| −16 | 1.14 | 2.98 | −1.0 | 38.7 | 3.06 | −3.2 | 38.4 | 1.01 | 49.7 | 56.7 |