Impact of load combinations on structural reliability determined from testing cold-formed steel components
Impact of load combinations on structural reliability determined from testing cold-formed steel components
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通过测试冷弯型钢构件确定荷载组合对结构可靠性的影响
DOI:
10.1016/j.strusafe.2013.10.006
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发表时间:
2014
影响因子:
5.8
通讯作者:
B. Schafer
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作者:
V. Z. Meimand;B. Schafer
The objective of this paper is to explore the impact of load combinations on the method used to assess the structural reliability of cold-formed steel components determined by testing. Chapter F of the AISI Specification (AISI-S100-07) provides a means to determined the resistance,ϕor (safety,Ω) factor of cold-formed steel components by direct testing. The procedure uses the standard (United States) Load and Resistance Factor Design format, but simplifies the load side to a single load combination and single dead-to-live load ratio. The impact of this assumption on the resulting component reliability is the focus of this work. To complete the work the bias factors and variances for all loading conditions are established. In addition, a range of practical load ratios, for all loads, is assumed. Parametric studies are performed to explore load case and load ratio dependency for use in the determination of the resistance factor,ϕ; specifically, the pre-factor termCϕand the load variance termVQ. The parametric studies are simplified into a table that provides load case dependentCϕandVQfactors. Design examples demonstrating the impact of current methods and the load combination dependent solution are provided.