2015 Volume 21 Issue 49 Pages 931-936
Load combination of snow load and thermal load is studied using snowfall and temperature data observed at three cities. A load combination factor for the secondary load effect is affected by the ratio between the principal and the secondary load effect, the temperature at the time of construction and return period. The result of the study is compared with the result using Turkstra’s rule.
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