Data for: Bearing Capacity of Spiral-Reinforced Concrete at the Free Edge: Experimental and Numerical Evidence for an Additive Bearing Strength Approach

This dataset contains the complete experimental and numerical results associated with the following publication: Havlasek, P., Jones, J., Reiterman, P. and Ou, Y.C. (2026): Bearing Capacity of Spiral-Reinforced Concrete at the Free Edge: Experimental and Numerical Evidence for an Additive Bearing Strength Approach. Content Overview The repository includes: Uniaxial compression tests: Results for plain and spiral-reinforced concrete cylinders (D6 and D8 reinforcement). Bearing tests: Experimental responses for plain and reinforced concrete prisms. Numerical simulations: Data outputs corresponding to the finite element analysis presented in the paper. File Format & Units All data are provided in .csv format. The following SI units are used throughout the dataset: Length: meters [m] Force: Meganewtons [MN] Stress/Strength: Megapascals [MPa] Naming Convention To navigate the files, the following nomenclature is adopted: NSC / HSC ... Normal Strength Concrete (fcm = 45.8 MPa) / High Strength Concrete fcm = 63.3 MPa) P / PS / PT ... Plain / Spiral-reinforced / Tie-reinforced concrete prism D6 / D8 ... 6 mm / 8 mm nominal diameter rebar WXXX / DYYY ... Width (or breadth) and Depth of the loading plate in mm (e.g., W100 = 100 mm) stat ... Statistically processed data from geometrically identical triplets 1 / 2 / 3 ... Individual experimental responses for each triplet