Question

Factor of safety adopted by IS : 800 - 1984 while arriving at the permissible stress in axial compression is ______.

Answer 1

$\text{Permissible stress}=\frac{\text{Yield stress}}{\text{Factor of safety}}$

Usually a factor of safety of 1.67 is adopted for tension members, short column and beams while a value of 1.92 is used for long columns.