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Table 11 Examples c—load factors of the frames given by CEPAO

From: An overview of the plastic-hinge analysis of 3D steel frames

Type of analysis

Load factors

Limit state

Example c1

Example c2

Limit analysis

2.412

1.698

Formation of a mechanism

Shakedown analysis, domain load a

2.311

1.614

Incremental plasticity

Shakedown analysis, domain load b

1.670

0.987

Alternating plasticitya

Second-order analysis [31]

2.033

1.024

 
  1. aAlternating plasticity in section B (Figs. 27, 28)