Advisory Desk
AD 253: Design Considerations for the Vibration of Floors
Designers are more frequently facing the need to consider, in detail, the vibration response of floors. This Advisory Desk article is the first of a collection …
AD 252: Axially Loaded Columns – Base Plate Design Effective Area Method BS 5950-1:2000
The empirical method for determining the size of base plates in BS 5950-1: 1990 has been replaced by the effective area method in BS 5950-1: 2000. Doubt has …
AD 251: Equivalent Uniform Moment Factor, m (italic)
BS 5950-1: 2000 sees the demise of the n factor method when calculating buckling resistance Mb. In Section 4, the m factor method is the only approach …
AD 250: Choice of Steel Sub-Grade
During a recent seminar on the Amendments to BS 5950-1, a straw poll of the (large) audience indicated that only 5% of the structural engineers present …
