\begin{equation} \begin{array}{|c|l|l|} \hline \text { S. No. } & \text { Working stress method (WSM) } & \text { Limit state method (LSM) } \\ \hline 1 & \text { Stress-strain behavior is linear } & \text { Stress-strain behavior is non linear } \\ \hline 2 & \text { WSM is also known as plastic design } & \text { LSM is also known as elastic design } \\ \hline 3 & \begin{array}{l} \text { WSM is stress based method of RCC } \\ \text { design } \end{array} & \begin{array}{l} \text { LSM is strain based method of RCC } \\ \text { design } \end{array} \\ \hline 4 & \begin{array}{l} \text { In WSM, the material follows Hookes' } \\ \text { law as stress is not allowed to cross the } \\ \text { yield limit. } \end{array} & \begin{array}{l} \text { In LSM, stress is allowed to cross } \\ \text { the yield limit } \end{array} \\ \hline 5 & \begin{array}{l} \text { A section which is plane before bending } \\ \text { remains p....Show More

\begin{equation} \begin{array}{|c|l|l|} \hline \text { S. No. } & \text { Working stress method (WSM) } & \text { Limit state method (LSM) } \\ \hline 1 & \text { Stress-strain behavior is linear } & \text { Stress-strain behavior is non linear } \\ \hline 2 & \text { WSM is also known as plastic design } & \text { LSM is also known as elastic design } \\ \hline 3 & \begin{array}{l} \text { WSM is stress based method of RCC } \\ \text { design } \end{array} & \begin{array}{l} \text { LSM is strain based method of RCC } \\ \text { design } \end{array} \\ \hline 4 & \begin{array}{l} \text { In WSM, the material follows Hookes' } \\ \text { law as stress is not allowed to cross the } \\ \text { yield limit. } \end{array} & \begin{array}{l} \text { In LSM, stress is allowed to cross } \\ \text { the yield limit } \end{array} \\ \hline 5 & \begin{array}{l} \text { A section which is plane before bending } \\ \text { remains plane even after bending } \end{array} & \begin{array}{l} \text { A section which is plane normal to } \\ \text { the axis of structural component } \\ \text { remains plane after bending. } \end{array} \\ \hline 6 & \begin{array}{l} \text { In WSM, safety factor is considered. } \\ \text { In LSM, partial safety factor is } \\ \text { considered. } \end{array} \\ \hline 7 & \begin{array}{l} \text { In WSM, tensile stresses of concrete are } \\ \text { considered. } \end{array} & \begin{array}{l} \text { In LSM, tensile stresses of concrete } \\ \text { are not considered. } \end{array} \\ \hline 8 & \begin{array}{l} \text { Modular ratio } \\ \text { taken into consideration to calculate } \\ \text { allowable stresses. } \end{array} & \begin{array}{l} \text { The ultimate stresses are considered } \\ \text { as allowable permissible stresses. } \end{array} \\ \hline \end{array} \end{equation}