ON THE DEGREE OF ASSURANCE FOR DURABLE CONCRETE STRUCTURES BASED ON THE PROPOSED SPECIFICATION OF DURABILITY DESIGN FOR CONCRETE STRUCTURES BY JSCE RESEARCH WORKING GROUP

Abstract

JSCE research working group on durability design for concrete structures has changed the design format this time from prior one. Based on two formats, the differences of the degree of assuring the durable concrete structures are investigated probabilistically, and the checking format using the partial safety factors is proposed to ensure the durable concrete structures in this paper. The partial safety factors are obtained based on the distributions law such as normal and uniformal probability density functions. The proposed format looks very severe to obtain the durable concrete structures compare with the prior design format.