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LIMITATIONS OF ELASTIC DESIGN

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Russian practice

Figure 7

thus an under-reinforced section is ensured. The moment coefficients used in Russian practice can be obtained as follows.
Referring to Figure 8, consider the equilibrium of beam AB in
which the plastic hinge develops in the span and at B. This
represents the mechanism of failure. For the equilibrium of

AA' then Mu =

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