Title:
Reflections on Limit State Design
Author(s):
W. B. Cranst
Publication:
Symposium Paper
Volume:
133
Issue:
Appears on pages(s):
277-298
Keywords:
collapse; Comite European de Beton (CEB); cracking (fracturing); failure; limit state design; loads (forces); probability theory; safety; serviceability; shrinkage; strength; structural design; Design
DOI:
10.14359/3168
Date:
9/1/1992
Abstract:
The introduction of limit state design into the UK code for structural concrete in the 1960s is reviewed. The objections and controversies aroused are described. A selection of probability studies carried out in the interim is discussed and a possible way forward is outlined.