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B.2 Canadian Standards Association

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B.3 Det Norske Veritas

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Appendix B: Target Reliability Levels in Design Codes

B.1 Eurocode
In Eurocode 1 (1993), the indicative target reliabilities are given in Table B. 1.

Limit State
ULS
FLS
SLS

Table B.1 Target Reliabilities in Eurocode

Annual
Ptarget
target
target
4
3.8
4.7
0.7210
1
4
1.5-3.8
0.6710 0.7210
1
1.5
3.0
0.6710

Lifetime
Ptarget
0.13105
0.13102

B.2 Canadian Standards Association

In CSA (1989), the target annual failure probabilities are given as quoted in Table B. 2.

Safety Class
1
2
3

Table B.2 Target Annual Failure Probabilities in CSA

Consequences of failure
Great risk to life or high potential for
environmnetal pollution or damage
Small risk to life and low potential for
environmental pollution or damage
Impairment function/inserviceability

Ptarget
105
103
101

B.3 Det Norske Veritas

Target annual reliabilities are given in Classification Note 30.6 (DNV, 1992), to be used when no
calibration against well established practice or similar designs are available, see Table B. 3.
Table B.3 Target Annual Failure Probabilities in DNV
Consequences
Class of Failure
Less Serious
Serious
I - Redundant Structure
103
104
II - Non-redundant
structure, significant
104
105
warning before failure
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B.4 Nordic Committee for Safety of Structures

The Nordic Committee for Safety of Structures, NKB (1978), gives the annual target failure
probabilities quoted in Table B. 4. The NKB document has later been revised and the
corresponding table has been reduced (1987).
Table B.4 Target Annual Failure Probabilities in NKB
Type of failure
Consequences of
Ductile with reserve
Ductile without
Brittle instability
failure
capacity
reserve capacity
Not serious
103
104
105
4
5
Serious
10
10
106
Very serious
105
106
107

References
Nordic Committee for Building Structures (NKB) (1978), Recommendations for Loading and
Safety Regulations for Structural Design, NKB Report No. 36.
Canadian Standards Association (CSA) (1989), General Requirements, Design Criteria, the
Environment, and Loads, Part 1 of the Code for the Design, Construction, and Installation of
Fixed Offshore Structures, Preliminary Standard S471-M1989, Canadian Standards Association,
Rexdale (Toronto), Ontario, Canada.
Det Norske Veritas (1992), Structural Reliability Analysis of Marine Structures, DNV
Classification Note No. 30.6.
Eurocode 1 (1993), Eurocode 1: Basis of Design and Actions on Structures. Part 1: Basis of
Design. Annex 2: Partial Factor Design: Background.

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