Advisory Desk

AD 426: Bolt head protrusion through nuts and threads in grip lengths

To ensure that bolt threads are fully engaged in the nut, BS EN 1090-2 clause 8.2.2 specifies that the protrusion must be at least one..

January 2, 2019

The SCI Advisory Desk sometimes receives questions about the potential to use full depth stiffeners to restrain lateral torsional buckling,..

January 2, 2019

SCI has been advised that shear studs which are shorter than usual have been placed on the market in the UK, and this AD warns against..

November 7, 2018

When considering the resistance of cross sections under combined bending and high shear, (where the shear is equal to or exceeds half the..

October 11, 2018

This AD note relates to Check 10 for fin plates in P358 Simple Joints to Eurocode 3 (the Eurocode “Green Book” on simple connections)...

September 13, 2018

In recent months the SCI has received a number of questions about responsibility for the design of the welds between the web and flanges of..

September 13, 2018

Table 3.1 of SCI publication P355 gives minimum values of co-existent shear and bending moment to be used at beam openings. This AD..

July 12, 2018

SCI publication P355 is widely used to design beams with large web openings. It is adopted in the development of software to design hot..

June 14, 2018

The design of composite beams with large web openings is presented in SCI P355, which has been adopted in the development of software for..

May 10, 2018

This Advisory Desk note reminds designers that the form of the section has a significant impact on the reduction of bending resistance..

April 12, 2018