TY - JOUR N2 - The paper provides a solution to the problem of dimensioning decisive bars on the basis of the conditions of meeting the recommended reliability classes [9] of statically determinate structures composed of n members. A theorem was formulated:if a statically determinate structure composed of n decisive members is to attain the reliability greater than, or equal to, the recommended relia-bility p = 1 – q, it is necessary and suffi cient that the damage frequency sum qᵢ of decisive members is smaller than the admissible damage frequency q of thestructure: ∑qᵢ < q. On the basis of this theorem, s coeffi cients that recommend increase of the load bearing capacity of the decisive bars in a statically determinate structure constructed in order to meet the recommended class [9] of the structure reliability, are estimated and presented in a tabular form. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/83863/mainfile.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/83863 PY - 2013 IS - No 1 EP - 142 KW - reliability KW - complex structures KW - quantiles of member load bearing capacity A1 - Kowal, Z. PB - WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY FACULTY OF CIVIL ENGINEERING and COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL ENGINEERING POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES DA - 31.03.2013 T1 - On Adjusting the Load Bearing Capacity of Decisive Members to Reliability Classes of Statically Determinate Complex Structures SP - 131 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/83863 T2 - Archives of Civil Engineering ER -