Towards a uniform and optimal approach for safe NLFEA of reinforced concrete beams: Quantification of the accuracy of multiple solution strategies using a large number of samples

Application of Nonlinear Finite Element Analysis (NLFEA) is lagging behind the many digital advances in the structural engineering practice. This is due to the need for codes and standards. To help development of these codes and standards, 119 solution strategies were developed with different assumptions and choices for the concrete constitutive...