>Few Australian codes have mandatory serviceability loads, or conditions,
>just a blanket requirement that a structure has to be serviceable. The
>designers and end users determine the serviceability criteria. There are
>recommendations in the codes, but not mandatory.
>
The Australian Concrete Code rules on serviceability are mandatory,
they are not recommendations. I think the steel code rules are the
same (I have not read it for 30 years). The loading code has
recommendations (much to the chagrin of the design code writers), but
these are over-ridden by the design codes.
And the change to the wind loading code was one of the most stupid
ever. Now a designer has to do 2 complete analyses for wind because
some statistician decided different return periods were more accurate
(this is statistics we are talking about) than an ultimate loading factor.
Regards Gil Brock
Prestressed Concrete Design Consultants Pty. Ltd. (ABN 84 003 163 586)
5 Cameron Street Beenleigh Qld 4207 Australia
Ph +61 7 3807 8022 Fax +61 7 3807 8422
email: gil@raptsoftware.com
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