Structural E - Book
Stress Limits
The stress limits for structural steel as per the Indian Standard: IS 800 - 2007
(General Construction in Steel - Code of practice) are given in the following:
tensile stress < 60% of yield stress
compressive stress < allowable buckling stress
bending tensile stress < of yield stress
bending compressive stress < allowable torsional-lateral buckling stress
average shear stress < 40% of yield stress
increase in allowable stress (wind) < 33% of respective allowable (members)
increase in allowable stress (seismic) < 33% of respective allowable (members)
increase in allowable stress (wind) < 25% of respective allowable (fastener)
allowable combined stress-see IS 800-2007