John Lloyd P.

De Vera February 8, 2021

In a Nutshell

1. USD design in building structures economically.

2. The structures are more stable in USD method than the WSD method.
3. WSD is also called as Allowable Stress Design.
4. In USD, the strength capacity of the members is being considered at condition where they
will fail.
5. In WSD, modular ratio is used for member design. Unlike USD, where is considers
material strength.
6. USD considers combination of loads.
7. The design concept of WSD is based on Elastic Theory in which the stress-strain diagram
is within the proportional limit and will obey Hooke's Law.
8. Standard values vary in what type of code to be used. They matter because their
approach differs the other