Advisory Desk
AD 427: Typographical error in P419
A few eagle-eyed readers have noticed a typographical error in SCI publication P419 Brittle fracture: selection of steel sub-grade to BS EN 1993-1-10, within …
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 thread pitch. This is …
AD 425: Full depth stiffeners and lateral torsional buckling
The SCI Advisory Desk sometimes receives questions about the potential to use full depth stiffeners to restrain lateral torsional buckling, suggesting that the …
AD 424: Shear stud length
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 using them unless the …
AD 423: Reduction in bending resistance due to high shear
When considering the resistance of cross sections under combined bending and high shear, (where the shear is equal to or exceeds half the plastic shear …
AD 422: Punching shear check for fin plates in P358
This AD note relates to Check 10 for fin plates in P358 Simple Joints to Eurocode 3 (the Eurocode “Green Book” on simple connections). Check 10 includes …
AD 421: Design responsibility for welds in fabricated plate girders
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 a plate girder. …
AD 420: Minimum values of shear and bending moment in beams with web openings
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 provides clarity on how …
AD 419: Composite beams with different positions of web openings
SCI publication P355 is widely used to design beams with large web openings. It is adopted in the development of software to design hot rolled and fabricated …
AD 418: Web-post buckling in composite beams with rectangular and elongated web openings
The design of composite beams with large web openings is presented in SCI P355, which has been adopted in the development of software for the design of both …
