Reliability of Concrete Elements Designed for Alternative Load Combinations Provided in Eurocodes
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https://doi.org/10.14311/382Keywords:
Eurocodes, combination of actions, partial factors, reinforced concrete beam, column, reliability indexAbstract
The basic European standard for design of buildings and other engineering works, EN 1990 "Basis of structural design", provides alternative design procedures, for which national choice is allowed. One of the most important questions concerns three fundamental combinations of actions for persistent and transient design situations in the Ultimate limit states. Simple examples of reinforced concrete elements show, that the alternative load combinations may lead to considerably different reliability levels. Probabilistic methods of structural reliability theory are used to identify characteristic features of each combination and to formulate recommendations. However, further calibration studies are urgently needed in order to prepare National annexes to EN 1990 on time.Downloads
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2003-01-01
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Holický, M., & Marková, J. (2003). Reliability of Concrete Elements Designed for Alternative Load Combinations Provided in Eurocodes. Acta Polytechnica, 43(1). https://doi.org/10.14311/382
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