In allowable stress design, could anyone tell me when to use the basic load combination or the alternate load combinations. If my loadings consider only dead load and wind load, can I use the alternate load combination to have the allowable stress increase because basic load combination does not...
could anyone tell me when to use the basic load combination or the alternate load combinations. If my loadings consider only dead load and wind load, can I use the alternate load combination to have the allowable stress increase because basic load combination does not permit that.