FE Models for Sheeting under Interaction Load

Experiments show that, atter ultimate load, sheeting may fail by three distinct postfailure modes. In this paper, three finite element models are presented, one for each post-failure mode. One of the finite element models was difficult to develop. A spring model explains this. The finite element models show that, at ultimate load, only two difTerent ultimate failure modes exist. This is important for the development of mechanical models for sheeting failure