CONSISTENT RELIABILITY FOR REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS AND COLUMNS

This paper very briefly outlines a strategy for achieving a more consistent level of reliability over the range of pure flexure to direct axial force for reinforced concrete members. The proposal also improves the consistency of risk for lightly to heavily reinforced sections. An attractive feature is that the amount of design calculation is actually reduced. This is achieved by introducing a partial safety factor on the concrete strength, and the elimination of the variable strength reduction factor for beams and columns. The partial safety factor can be incorporated without any extra design effort by simply reducing the 0.85 factor in the stress block to 0.6. (Author/TRRL)

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    Institution of Engineers

    11 National Circuit
    Barton, A.C.T.,   Australia 

    Institution of Engineers

    11 National Circuit
    Barton, A.C.T.,   Australia 
  • Authors:
    • Walsh, P F
    • Pham, L
  • Publication Date: 1985-2

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  • Accession Number: 00399519
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: ARRB
  • Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
  • Created Date: Aug 25 2004 2:44AM