11.1.1

General design requirements of Section 3 shall apply in this section.

11.1.2

Methods of structural analysis of Section 4 shall also apply to this section. The elastic analysis method shall be used in the working stress design.

11.1.3

The working stress shall be calculated applying respective partial load factor for service load/working load.

11.1.4

In load combinations involving wind or seismic loads, the permissible stresses in steel structural members may be increased by 33 percent. For anchor bolts and construction loads this increase shall be limited to 25 percent. Such an increase in allowable stresses should not be considered if the wind or seismic load is the major load in the load combination (such as acting along with dead load alone).