SSC JE Civil Engineering 2014 Set 1 Solved Paper

Question : 191 of 200

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As per IS : 800, the factor of safety adopted with respect to the yield stress of steels is

Solution:

Factor of safety: The factor by which the yield stress of the material of a member is divided to arrive at the permissible stress in the material.

F_{os}

= 1.67 for member carrying tension
= 1.5 for member carrying bending

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