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RCC Design: WSM vs LSM Methods

The document discusses two design philosophies for RCC structural elements: the Working Stress Method (WSM) and the Limit State Method (LSM). WSM is an older method that treats concrete as elastic and follows a linear stress-strain behavior, while LSM is a more modern, strain-based approach that allows for non-linear stress-strain behavior and permits stresses to exceed yield limits. Overall, LSM is preferred in contemporary design practices.

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RCC Design: WSM vs LSM Methods

The document discusses two design philosophies for RCC structural elements: the Working Stress Method (WSM) and the Limit State Method (LSM). WSM is an older method that treats concrete as elastic and follows a linear stress-strain behavior, while LSM is a more modern, strain-based approach that allows for non-linear stress-strain behavior and permits stresses to exceed yield limits. Overall, LSM is preferred in contemporary design practices.

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 PRESENTED BY

 ABHIJEET KUMAR
 BRANCH-CIVIL ENGINEERING
 ROLL NO -12501321018
 SUBJECT CODE- CE[PC]501
 RCC Structural Elements are designed by two
methods or two Design Philosophies,
 Working Stress Method (WSM)
 Limit State Method (LSM)
 Working Stress method is the old way of
designing, in present era structures are
generally designed using Limit State Method.
In WSM concrete is considered as elastic
whereas in LSM concrete is generally
assumed as plastic.
 Working Stress  Limit State
Method Method
 Stress- Strain  LSM is also known as
behavior is linear. Elastic d
 LSM is Strain based
 WSM is also known as method of RCC
plastic design design.
 WSM is Stress based  Stress-Strain behavior
method of RCC is non-linear
design.
 In LSM , stress is
 In WSM , the material allowed to cross the
follows Hooke’s law yield limit.
as stress is not
allowed to cross the
yield limit.
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