A Study on the System Reliability of Cold-Formed Steel Roof Trusses
Description:
This thesis presents a research project aimed at advancing the treatment of cold-formed steel (CFS) structural reliability in roof trusses. Structural design today relies almost exclusively on component-level design, so structural safety is assured by limiting the probability of failure of individual components. Reliability of the entire system is typically not assessed, so in a worst-case scenario the system reliability may be less than the component reliability, or in a best-case scenario the…
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Date:
May 2017
Creator:
Johnson, Adam M.
Partner:
UNT Libraries