Estimating Combination Coefficients of Seismic and Ice Loads

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Rubric:     Theoretical and experimental studies   
Key words: seismic load, ice load, combinations, equiprobable pairs, combinations factor
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Abstract: Combination coefficients of ice and seismic loads for earthquakes of different frequencies have been considered. As the density function of the ice load distribution, the Weibull law, supplemented by a delta function at the origin was used, which allowed us to take into account the absence of ice in the warm season. The interval between earthquakes was taken according to the Poisson law. It has been shown that the magnitude of the design loads significantly depends on the frequency of earthquakes, and the combination coefficients are practically independent. Combination coefficients determine equally probable pairs of actions, which in their term determine the dependence of the combination coefficient to ice loads on the combination coefficient to seismic ones.
An example of calculations for the region respectively with situational seismicity of 9, 10 and 10, using maps A, B and C of general seismic zoning maps of the territory of Russia is given