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Figure 5. Comparison between experimental and computational results.

Figure 6. Computational results of Von Mises stress σ e , , axial strain ε y and accumulated plastic strain p ac at different engineering strains.

Acknowledgements This research work is supported by the following grants: base funding - UIDB/04708/2020 and programmatic funding - UIDP/04708/2020 of the CONSTRUCT - Instituto de I&D em Estruturas e Construções - funded by national funds through the FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC); FiberBridge project – Fatigue strengthening and assessment of railway metallic bridges using fiber-reinforced polymers (project grant POCI-01-0145-FEDER-030103 composed by FEDER funds provided by COMPETE2020 (POCI) and by national funds (PIDDAC) provided by the Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT/MCTES)); Ph.D. research grant (PD/BD/150306/2019) awarded to António Mourão by national funds (PIDDAC) through the Portuguese Science Foundation (FCT/MCTES); and, individual