A Reliability Analysis of In-service Reinforced Concrete Residential Structures

Abstract

Floor load and resistance of residential buildings, two important parameters for reliability analysis, pose direct influences upon the structural reliability. Based on the survey of floor live load of typical reinforced concrete residential buildings, strength of member materials, geometric parameters of reinforced concrete members and other resistance parameters, the reliability level of residential buildings is systematically studied, the standard value for floor live load and influences of the construction quality upon the reliability of residential buildings are analyzed, and primary causes of reduced reliability of reinforced concrete flexural members of residential buildings are obtained.