Reliability Assessment of Concrete-Filled RHS Beam-Column Design Provisions (Preprint)
Date
2023-08-01
Authors
Rahbarimanesh, F
Tousignant, K
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Springer
Abstract
Revisions were recently proposed to the way in which concrete-filled hollow structural section members are handled in CSA S16. These revisions were based on previous research, comparisons to experiments, and an approximate first-order reliability method analysis of the new and existing provisions. Herein, this topic is further expanded by using Monte Carlo simulations (MCS) to evaluate the reliability of design rules for concrete-filled rectangular hollow section (RHS) beam-columns. A representative set of ten concrete-filled RHS members is analysed with variations in wall slenderness, effective length, and loading eccentricity. Using MCS, reliability indices (β+) are determined over a range of live-to-dead load ratios. The β+ values are compared to the code-specified target of β+ = 3.0 in Annex B of CSA S16.
Description
Keywords
Citation
Published Version: Rahbarimanesh, F., Tousignant, K. (2023). Reliability Assessment of Concrete-Filled RHS Beam-Column Design Provisions. In: Gupta, R., et al. Proceedings of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineering Annual Conference 2022. CSCE 2022. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 348. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34159-5_3