Table 3: Characteristic points and ductility coefficients.

Specimen Direction      Yield point      Peak point      Limit point Δu/Δy
Py /kN Δy /mm Pm/kN Average /kN Δm /mm Pu /kN Δu /mm
BW01 Push 609 8. 32 791 831 28. 54 672 69. 03 10. 24
Pull 569 4. 55 870 41. 08 854 62. 82
BSW1 Push 589 7. 10 786 839 45. 45 770 59. 90 7. 79
Pull 653 7. 12 891 44. 99 892 50. 90
BDW1 Push 646 11. 83 922 960 72. 62 823 87. 53 7. 68
Pull 609 9. 28 997 60. 91 884 74. 63