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Failure of a section of building

In a given section the program determines the following variables:

- maximum tensile strain

- maximum gradient

- maximum relative deflection

- relative gradient between inputted points of a building

Evaluation of the analyzed section is left to the user – the following tables list the recommended ultimate values of relative rotation and deflection.


Type of structure Type of damage Ultimate relative gradient
Skempton Meyerhof Polshin a Tokar Bjerrum ÈSN          73 1001
Frame structures and reinforced bearing walls Structural 1/150 1/250 1/200 1/150
Cracks in walls 1/300 1/500 1/500 1/500 1/500


Type of structure Type of damage Ultimate relative deflection Δ/l
Burland and Wroth Meyerhof Polshin a Tokar ÈSN          73 1001
Unreinforced bearing walls Cracks in walls For  L/H = 1    -  0.0004
For  L/H = 5    -  0.0008 		0,0004 0,0004 0,0015
Cracks in bearing structures. For  L/H = 1    -  0.0002
For  L/H = 5    -  0.0004 		- - -

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