“Reliability Analysis of Shear

Strength of a RCC Beam by Point

Estimate Method”

By

Rakesh Kumar S
STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

Under the guidance of

Dr Devaraj V
Professor
UVCE ,Bangalore university
INTRODUCTION

 THE EVALUATION OF SAFETY OF STRUCTURES IS A TASK OF MUCH IMPORTANCE, IT HAS BEEN

THE HIGHEST PRIORITY FOR ANY ENGINEER.
 THE SAFETY OF STRUCTURE DEPENDS ON THE RESISTANCE,R AND THE LOAD,S ACTING ON THE
STRUCTURE.
 THE PERFORMANCE OF THE STRUCTURE IS ASSESSED BY ITS SAFETY, SERVICEABILITY AND
ECONOMY.
 INPUT VARIABLES ARE NEVER CERTAIN, PRECISE AND COMPLETE. THIS IS WHERE, RELIABILITY
PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE.
 “RELIABILITY IS THE PROBABILITY OF AN ITEM PERFORMING ITS INTENDED FUNCTION OVER
A GIVEN PERIOD OF TIME UNDER THE OPERATING CONDITIONS ENCOUNTERED”.

METHODS OF ASSESSING RELIABILTITY

 FIRST ORDER SECOND MOMENT METHOD.

 POINT ESTIMATE METHOD.

 HASOFER LIND METHOD.

 MONTE CARLO SIMULATION TECHNIQUE.

POINT ESTIMATE METHOD

 FIRST PRESENTED BY ROSEN BLUETH IN 1975 AND LATER EXTENDED BY HIM IN

1981,HAS SEEN CONSIDERABLE USE AND EXPANSION.
 AN ANALOGY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BETWEEN A PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION AND A
DISTRIBUTED VERTICAL LOAD ON A HORIZONTAL RIGID BEAM.
 THE EXPECTED VALUE WAS THE ANALOG OF THE POINT OF EQUILIBRIUM AND THE
STANDARD DEVAITION WAS ITS RADIUS OF GYRATION, WHICH SUPPLY
INFORMATION CONCERNING CENTRAL TENDENCY AND SCATTER OF VARIABLE.
 ROSENBLUETH SUGGESTED THAT THIS INFORMATION CAN BE EXTRACTED WITH RIGID
BEAM SUPPORTED ON TWO REACTIONS,P– ACTING AT X=X– AND P+ ACTING AT
X+.


SHEAR STRENGTH FORMULATION

 MARGIN OF SAFETY= RESISTANACE-

LOAD
 IN RELIABILITY ANALYSIS OF SHEAR
STRENGTH,


 RELIABILITY,


      
 WHERE MEAN VALUES ARE
CALCULATED AS =


 AND SIMILARLY OTHERS ARE

CALCULATED BY REPLACING Fy.
 NUMBER OF ITERATIONS DEPENDS ON
NUMBER OF VARIABLES PRESENT IN
EACH EQUATION, AND IS
CALCULATED AS ,

 HERE REISTANCE EQUATION AS 8 VARIABLES AND LOAD AS 2 VARIABLES, AND ITERATIONS ARE DONE AS FOLLOWS:-


 Upper bound and lower bound values are
calculated as and
calculated for other variables also
 Upper bound


 Lower bound


 NOW AFTER COMPUTING THE ABOVE

VALUES, WE HAVE TO COMPUTE THE
RELIABILITY INDEX
 AND CALCULATE PROBABLITY OF FAILURE.
MODEL CALCULATION
 RELIABILITYANALYSIS OF SHEAR
STRENGTH OF RCC BEAM BY POINT
ESTIMATE MEATHOD.


=95 N/mm2
=1.25mm
=8 variable
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
 THE RELIABILITY INDEX OBTAINED IS
7.31 , WHICH IS GREATER THAN
TARGET MEAN STRENGTH OF 3.5,
HENCE SAFE.
 PROBABILITY OF SAFETY IS MORE THAN
100%.
conclusions
 THE RELIABILITY INDEX OBTAINED IS
7.31 , WHICH IS SAFE.
 POINT ESTIMATE METHOD IS EASIEST
METHOD, WHICH INVOLVES SIMPLE
MATHE MATICAL CALCULATIONS.
 DESIGNS MADE UNDER THE CODE AND
OTHER STANDARD PROVISIONS ARE
UNECONOMICAL RATHER MORE SAFE.

REFERENCES
1.MILTON E HARR, RELIABILITY – BASED
DESIGN IN CIVIL ENGINEERING,
MCGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY,INC,NEW
YORK,1987.
2.RANGANATHAN R, STRUCTURAL

RELIABILITY ANALYSIS AND DESIGN,

JAICO PUBLISHING HOUSE,1999.
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