Use of safety factors for the design of steel structures according to the Eurocodes

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 434-441

  Sedlacek, Gerhard ^a   Kraus, Oliver ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Combination factors; Limit state design; Partial safety factors; Structural reliability

Indexed keywords

BUILDING CODES; RELIABILITY; SAFETY FACTOR; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

COMBINATION FACTORS; LIMIT STATE DESIGN;

STEEL STRUCTURES;

BUILDING CODES; RELIABILITY; SAFETY FACTOR; STEEL STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 33750871247     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

References (7)

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