Advisory Desk
AD 401: Appropriate anchorage of parallel decking
Where profiled steel decking is parallel to the supporting beam, BS EN 1994-1-1:2004 (incorporating corrigenda April 2009) allows the shear resistance of a …
AD 400: The degree of shear connection in composite beams and SCI P405
The stud resistances presented in both BS 5950-3.1 (as amended in 2010) and BS EN 1994-1-1 are lower than those given in the previous British Standard. This …
AD 399: Design of partial penetration butt welds in accordance with BS EN 1993-1-8
Partial penetration butt welds are covered by Clause 4.7.2, which directs the designer to ‘use the method for a deep penetration fillet weld” given in …
AD 398: Net area for staggered holes in accordance with Eurocode 3
Determining the net area of a cross section with staggered holes is dealt with in EN 1993-1-1:2005 (+A1:2014) clause 6.2.2.1(4). For those new to this …
AD 397: UK NA to BS EN 1991-1-3: General Actions – Snow loads
In December 2015, BS EN 1991-1-3 was published with Amendment A1. At the same time, the UK National Annex was revised to reflect the changes made in the …
AD 395: Nominally pinned connections and axial forces
SCI is aware of a number of problems arising when the designers of structural frames have assumed “nominally pinned” connections in the frame design, but …
AD 396: Tying resistance of flexible end plates in one-sided connections
When calculating the resistance of a flexible end plate under a tying force, the design checks in the Green Books (Check 11 in SCI P212, 2009 and Check 11 in …
AD 394: New Rules on the Selection of Execution Class for Structural Steel
Until recently, the process for determining Execution Class for structural steel was based on the approach given in BS EN 1090-2:2008+A1:2011 (issued August …
AD 393: Minimum requirements for column splices in accordance with Eurocodes.
Clause 6.2.7.1(14) of BS EN 1993-1-8:2005 specifies minimum requirements for component in bearing type splices. The Standard specifies splice material to be …
AD 392: Frame stability tool on www.steelconstruction.info
This Advisory Desk note gives background information on the frame stability tool, recently added to www.steelconstruction.info. In order to retain the accurate …
