Reliability-based design of utility pole structures

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author Structural Engineering Institute. Reliability-Based Design Committee
Other Authors Dagher, Habib Joseph
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Reston, VA : American Society of Civil Engineers, ©2006.
SeriesASCE manuals and reports on engineering practice ; no. 111.
Subjects
Structural engineering > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Engineering > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780784471494
0784471495
0784408459
9780784408452
Physical Description1 online resource (xii, 106 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • 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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