Reliability-based design of utility pole structures /

"Reliability-Based Design of Utility Pole Structures provides state-of-the-art mechanical information on the design of utility pole structures. Among other useful features, this manual demonstrates how poles differing in material can be designed to equivalent reliability levels, provides means...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Structural Engineering Institute. Reliability-Based Design Committee
Otros Autores: Dagher, Habib Joseph
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Reston, VA : American Society of Civil Engineers, ©2006.
Colección:ASCE manuals and reports on engineering practice ; no. 111.
Temas:
Structural engineering > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Engineering > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Technique de la construction > Guides, manuels, etc.
Ingénierie > Guides, manuels, etc.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Structural.
Engineering.
Structural engineering.
Handbooks and manuals.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • FIGURES
  • TABLES
  • 1 INTRODUCTION
  • 1.1 Current Practice
  • 1.2 Reliability-Based Design
  • 1.3 Objective
  • 1.4 Scope
  • 1.5 Benefits
  • 1.6 Relation to National Electrical Safety Code and Other ASCE Guides
  • 2 RELIABILITY-BASED DESIGN METHODOLOGY
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Structural Systems
  • 2.3 Design of Wire System
  • 2.4 Types of Load-Producing Events and Return Period
  • 2.4.1 Weather-Related Events
  • 2.4.2 Accidental Events
  • 2.4.3 Construction and Maintenance Events
  • 2.5 Limit State Design
  • 2.5.1 Loads and Load Effects2.5.2 Component Strength
  • 2.5.3 Load and Resistance Factor Design Format
  • 2.6 Reliability-Based Design
  • 2.6.1 Target Reliability Levels and Corresponding Load Factors
  • 2.6.2 Selection of Strength Factor
  • 2.7 Moment Magnification Consideration for Flexible Poles
  • 2.8 Coordination of Failure Sequences
  • 2.8.1 Structures versus Foundations
  • 2.8.2 Wire System versus Support System
  • 2.8.3 Tangent versus Dead-End Structures
  • 3 LOADS
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.1.1 Weather-Related Load Events
  • 3.1.2 Construction and Maintenance Events3.1.3 Failure Containment Loads
  • 3.1.4 Longitudinal Loads
  • 3.2 References to Appropriate Load Documents
  • 3.2.1 Weather-Related Loads
  • 3.2.2 Construction and Maintenance Loads
  • 3.2.3 Failure Containment Loads
  • 3.3 Regional and Local Weather-Related Loads
  • 3.3.1 Extreme Wind Loads
  • 3.3.2 Combined Ice and Wind Loads
  • 3.4 Effects of Load Factors or Load Return Periods
  • 4 STRENGTH OF SINGLE-POLE UTILITY STRUCTURES
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Objective
  • 4.3 Scope
  • 4.4 Characterizing Pole Strength
  • B.1 Method 1: Empirical Assessment of R[sub(n)]B.1.1 Example 1: Wood Poles
  • B.1.2 Example 2: Evaluation of Yield Strength of Steel Using Material Test Data
  • B.2 Method 2: Monte Carlo Simulations with Mechanics-Based Models
  • B.2.1 Example 1: Custom-Designed Steel Poles (Range of Pole Sizes)
  • B.2.2 Example 2: Commodity Steel Poles (Single-Size Round Pole)
  • APPENDIX C: REFERENCES
  • APPENDIX D: NOTATION AND SI CONVERSION FACTORS
  • D.1 Notation
  • D.2 SI Conversion Factors
  • INDEX
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • L
  • M

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