1. Global safety format for non-linear analysis of reinforced concrete structures
- Author
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Giuseppe Mancini, Vincenzo Ilario Carbone, and Diego Lorenzo Allaix
- Subjects
Engineering ,Safety factor ,Concrete beams ,business.industry ,Building and Construction ,Eurocode ,Structural engineering ,Reinforced concrete ,Nonlinear system ,Mechanics of Materials ,General Materials Science ,business ,Design values ,Civil and Structural Engineering - Abstract
Semi-probabilistic safety formats for the non-linear analysis of reinforced concrete structures are of practical interest for structural designers. The safety format proposed in EN 1992-2 enables a safety assessment through a non-linear structural analysis and the application of a global safety factor, which is defined as the ratio between the representative and design values of the material resistances. A more realistic estimate of the global safety factor can be obtained from the distribution of the structural response. This paper proposes a safety format based on the mean values of the material resistances and a global resistance factor. Its practical application in the structural design of concrete beams and columns is also presented.
- Published
- 2013