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The Design of Modern Steel Bridges - TEDI

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If the basic variables R and S are replaced by a pair <strong>of</strong> reduced variables o R<br />

and o S given by<br />

oR ¼<br />

oS ¼<br />

R mR<br />

sR<br />

S mS<br />

then the failure condition gðoR, oSÞ¼0 is given by the equation <strong>of</strong> the straight<br />

line<br />

gðoR, oSÞ ¼oRsR þ mR<br />

This is shown in Fig. 4.3.<br />

oSsS mS ¼ 0<br />

<strong>The</strong> frequency <strong>of</strong> occurrence <strong>of</strong> a particular value x <strong>of</strong> a normally distributed<br />

variable is given by the density function<br />

f ðxÞ ¼ 1<br />

s ffiffiffiffiffi ð1=2Þðx p e<br />

2p<br />

m=sÞ2<br />

where m and s are the mean value and the standard deviation. Expressed in<br />

reduced coordinate o ¼ (x m)/s, the frequency <strong>of</strong> a particular value occurring<br />

is proportional to eð1=2Þo2. With two uncorrelated normally distributed<br />

variables, the frequency <strong>of</strong> occurrence <strong>of</strong> a particular set <strong>of</strong> values oR and oS<br />

Figure 4.3 Failure condition in the space <strong>of</strong> two reduced variables.<br />

sS<br />

Aims <strong>of</strong> <strong>Design</strong> 81

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