Advisory Desk
AD 363: Geotechnical actions on structures – choice of partial factors
BS EN 1990:2002, Eurocode – Basis of structural design, sets out rules for the determination of design values of the effects of actions on structures. The …
AD 362: Headed shear studs – Resistance and minimum degree of shear connection in composite beams with decking
This Advisory Desk note highlights the key changes to BS 5950-3.1:1990 as a result of Amendment no 1, issued in January 2010. Amendment 1 reflects the findings …
AD 361: Mono pitched portal frames in fire boundary conditions
In SCI publication P313, Single Storey Steel Framed Buildings in Fire Boundary Conditions, Section 2.5.4 gives guidance on the calculation of overturning …
AD 360: Movement joints in steel-framed buildings
The Advisory Desk is asked, from time to time, for guidance on movement joints in steel framed buildings. Most of the queries seek guidance on the detailing of …
AD 359: Weathering steel bolts
European bolt standards do not specifically cover weathering steel bolts – i.e. bolts of material similar to that of ‘structural steels with improved …
AD 358: Design thickness of cold formed members and sheeting
The purpose of this Advisory Desk Note is to highlight the existence of, and explain the implications of, an important but often over-looked definition in BS …
AD 357: Flexural buckling of Tees to EC3
Clause BB.1 in BS EN 1993-1-1:2005 covers “Flexural buckling of members in triangulated and lattice structures”. Specific guidance is given for Angles as …
AD 356: Design of compression stiffeners to BS EN 1993
This Advisory Desk note presents a summary of the procedure for the design of compression stiffeners in accordance with BS EN 1993. In BS 5950-1:2000, the need …
AD 355: Hydrogen embrittlement of bolts
The Advisory Desk has been asked to draw attention to the need to ensure avoidance of hydrogen embrittlement of higher grade bolts (above property class 8.8) …
AD 354: Resistance of bolted connections in tension, for design to BS EN 1993-1-8
This Advisory Desk Note provides a simple method of determining the design tension resistance of bolted connections in accordance with BS EN 1993-1-5:2005 that …
