Fully probabilistic design: the way for optimizing of concrete structures

Some standards for the design of concrete structures (e.g. EC2 and the original ČSN 73 1201-86) allow a structure to be designed by several methods. This contribution documents the fact that even if a structure does not comply with the partial reliability factor method, according to EC2, it can sati...

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Main Authors: I. Laníková, P. Štěpánek, P. Šimunek, D. Horák, M. Zlámal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro do Concreto (IBRACON)
Series:Revista IBRACON de Estruturas e Materiais
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1983-41952011000200002&lng=en&tlng=en