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Lecture 16
Live Loads: Loads that work over shorter durations, such as, weight of
human beings, furniture, impact loading etc.
Load< resistance
Allowable stress
failure failure
or , (for stresses)
actual actual
Pfailure V failure
or , (for loads)
Pactual Vactual
Load and Resistance Factor Design
This concept is based on the ultimate strength of materials.
Instead of reducing the material strength, factors are used for
accounting for uncertainty in the load and the material resistance.
Butt joint
FOS2