Title:
Safety and Serviceability Provisions in the ACI Building Code
Author(s):
George Winter
Publication:
Symposium Paper
Volume:
59
Issue:
Appears on pages(s):
35-50
Keywords:
building codes; cracking (fracturing); deflection; load factors; reinforced concrete; safety factor; serviceability; structural design; ultimate stength method
DOI:
10.14359/17764
Date:
1/1/1979
Abstract:
The development of the safety provisions of the ACI Building Code is traced through the four most recent editions, since 1956, with special emphasis on the present load and resistance factor (LRF) format and its relation to more rigorous probabilistic approaches to structural safety. Serviceability provisions regarding cracking and deflections at service loads and their background are also discussed.