Nonlinear Numerical Modeling of the Wire-Ring Net for Flexible Barriers

Table 8

Peak force comparison.

Load cell	Peak force (kN)
	Test	FEM-this study	Error (%)	FEM [14]	Error (%)
L1	20.5	17.4	−15.1	29.2	42.4
L2	5.0	5.4	8	6.5	30
L3	29.3	33.7	15.0	44.2	50.9
L4	57.8	52.2	−9.7	55.6	−3.8
L5	129.0	128.3	−0.5	125.8	−2.5
L6	121.0	121.7	0.6	133.6	10.4