Design Philosophies
* Allowable Stress Design (ASD)
Also called elastic design or working (or service) stress design, a
member is selected that has cross-sectional properties such as
area and moment of inertia large enough to prevent the maximum
stress from exceeding an allowable value.
Required strength < Allowable strength
nominal strenght
safety factor
or Maximum applied stress < allowable stress
* Plastic Design
Based on a consideration of failure conditions rather than working
loads conditions . Failure occurs at a load substantially higher than
The service load. Failure means collapse or extremely large
deformations. A “collapse mechanism” is created by the formation
of “nlactic hinges” at many lncatiansDesign Philosophies
* Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD)
similar to plastic design in that strength, or the failure condition
is considered.
Factored load < Factored strength
> (loads x load factors) < Resistance x Resistance factor
The factored loads are the loads that bring the structure or member
to its limit. In terms of safety, this limit state can be fracture, yielding,
or buckling, and the factored resistance is the useful strength of the
member, reduced from the theoretical value by the resistance factor.
The limit can also be one of the service ability, such as a maximum
acceptable deflectionLoad Factors, Resistance Factors,
and Load Combinations for LRFD
Factored load < Factored strength
Ly,
Where: Q, =a load effect (a force or a moment)
y; =a load factor
R,, = the nominal resistance, or strength, of the component
under consideration
@ = resistance factor
The factored resistance is called the design strength.
It can also be written in the form
R, SOR,
where R u = required strength = sum of factored load effectsLoad Factors, Resistance Factors,
and Load Combinations for LRFD
As required by Section B2 of the AISC, Specification requires that
seven Load Combinations be used. These combinations are as follows
"14D @
* 12D + 1.6L +05(L,orS or R) 2
* 12D +1L6(L,or Sor R) + (0.5L or 0.5W) QB)
* 12D + LOW +05L +05(L, or Sor R) @
* 1.22108 +05L +028 (9)
* 09D 2 (L.0W or 1.08) (6and 7)
The load factor on L in combinations 3, 4, and 5 shall be in creased to
1.0 if L is greater than 100 Ib per square foot ( 100psf=4.8kN/m2) or
garages or places of public assembly.Load Factors, Resistance Factors,
and Load Combinations for LRFD
Where
= D=dead load
= E=earthquake load
* L=live load
" L,= roof live load
" R=rainload
= S=snow load
= W=wind load
The resistance factor 9 range from 0.75 to 1.0.Safety Factors, and Load Combinations for ASD
nominal strenght
Required strength < Allowable strength =~ safety factor
R,