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Structural Engineering and Mechanics
  Volume 7, Number 3, March 1999 , pages 303-318
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/sem.1999.7.3.303
 


Cracking in reinforced concrete flexural members - A reliability model
Rao KB, Rao TVSRA

 
Abstract
    Cracking of reinforced concrete flexural members is a highly random phenomenon. In this paper reliability models are presented to determine the probabilities of failure of flexural members against the limit states of first crack and maximum crackwidth. The models proposed take into account the mechanism of cracking. Based on the reliability models discussed, Eqs. (8) and (9) useful in the reliability-based design of flexural members are presented.
 
Key Words
    beam, flexural member, cracking, limit state, probability, reliability-based design
 
Address
Rao KB, Struct Engn Res Ctr, CSIR Campus, Madras 600113, Tamil Nadu, India
Struct Engn Res Ctr, Madras 600113, Tamil Nadu, India
 

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