Beam

Bending moment capacity for beams without openings (kN.m)

Bending moment capacity at the centre of the opening (kN.m)

Experimental

FEM

Experimental

FEM

2A

99.0

110.9

0.89

63.7

67.3

0.95

3A

88.7

103.7

0.86

69.0

74.1

0.93