IN CIVIL ENGINEERING DESIGN WHY WE ARE USING LIMIT STATE
METHOD IS BEST?
I THINK WORKING STRESS METHOD IS BEST?
EX; FOR COLOUMN DESIGN IN LIMIT STATE METHOD AST
IS;1913SQ.MM
SAME TIME WORKING STRESS METHOD IS ;2213.
SO I THINK WORKING STRESS METHOD IS VERY STRONG COMPARE
THEN LIMIT STATE METHOD?
MY OPENING IS CORRECT OR NOT? PLS TO EXPLAIN SIRS

Answer Posted / s mukhopadhyay

Good Civil Engineers, before posting any answer, must also
write the matter in clear English for others to really
understand the content.Also, decency should always
maintained.
Limit state is definetely a superior version of design as
it guides to designing a structure considering all
eventualities and all overall structural failure conditions.

Regards,

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