It is shown that the design strengths predicted by the three specifications and the theoretical bending moments are generally conservative for the tested specimens.
Generally, it is shown that the design strengths predicted by the three specifications are conservative for the cold-formed high strength stainless steel columns.
The design strengths predicted by the three specifications are more conservative for the welded columns as compared to the non-welded columns.
We begin by estimating three specifications to test for the sensitivity of the estimates to the migrant definition applied.
We have fitted the class of models given by Equation (4) with three specifications for the baseline CDFs: F i (x i )���= x i, with 0 ≤ x i ≤ 1, i = 1,2 (classical beta marginals), F i x i = x i a i, with 0 ≤ x i ≤ 1, a i > 0, i = 1,2 (GB1 marginals) and F i x i = 1 - exp - a i x i 1 - exp - a i, with 0 ≤ x i ≤ 1, a i > 0, i = 1,2 (BG truncated exponential marginals).
It is shown that the bending capacities and beam-column design strengths predicted by the three specifications are generally conservative.
Table 5 summarizes the estimation results for three specifications of the earnings function given by Eq. (1).
It was found that the evaluation of serviceability in cracking by the four specifications have provided quite different results according to the bond coefficient, allowable crack width as well as the equivalent reinforcement ratio.
Then, it compared with the relationships with the serviceability region specified by the four specifications.
