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Reliability Analysis of Steel Frame Structure

Klaric Ivana
Polytechnic Faculty, Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abstract—This paper analyzes the reliability of the steel frame construction loaded with permanent load, variable load and wind. Reliability calculation is carried out by the “First Order Second Moment Method” with the help of the software “Vap” and in accordance with the recommendations of the JCSS 2001 taking into account the geometrical characteristics of the frame as a deterministic size. The analysis included three mechanisms of fracture and for each of the mechanisms their probability event. The results of this research show how much reliability indexes differ from different adopted steel profiles as well as the determining the most reliable steel profile for a given girder.
 
Index Terms—reliability, failure of the construction, reliability index
 
Cite: Klaric Ivana, "Reliability Analysis of Steel Frame Structure," International Journal of Structural and Civil Engineering Research, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 326-330, November 2015. doi: 10.18178/ijscer.4.4.326-330