Get [PPT] [PDF] on wsm and lsm here https://civilinsider.com/difference-between-wsm-and-lsm/ What is Working Stress Method of Design? In the working stress design method for Reinforced Concrete Structures design, concrete is assumed as elastic also concrete and steel act together as a single unit elastically i.e relationship between stress and strain is linear. What is Limit State Method of Design? In the Limit state design method

1. Stress-Strain behavior is
nonlinear.
Stress-Strain behavior is
linear.
The Working Stress method is
also called as modular ratio
method or Elastic method
DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN
WSM AND LSM
RCC Design
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Working Stress Method is
Uneconomical.
Limit State Method is
Economical.
The Working Stress method is
also called as Plastic Method.
Limit State Method is Strain
based method.
Working Stress Method is
Stress based method.
In Working Stress Method
Material is not allowed to
cross the yield limit.
In Limit State Method Material
is allowed to cross the yield
limit.
In the Working Stress Method
Factors of Safety are
considered.
In the Limit State Method,
Partial Safety factors are
considered.
In the Working Stress Method,
Tensile Stresses are
considered in the design.
In the Limit State Method,
Tensile Stresses are not
considered in the design.