Technical
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. …
New and revised codes & standards: From BSI Updates July & August 2018
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN ISO 683-1:2018 Heat-treatable steels, alloy steels and free-cutting steels. Non-alloy steels for quenching and tempering Supersedes BS …
Buckling resistance of uniform members in bending
Richard Henderson of the Steel Construction Institute discusses the phenomenon of lateral-torsional buckling. In order to retain the accurate formatting of the …
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 …
New and revised codes & standards: June 2018
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN 1011-8:2018 Welding. Recommendations for welding of metallic materials. Welding of cast irons Supersedes BS EN 1011-8:2004 CORRIGENDA …
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 …
New and revised codes & standards, from BSI Updates May 2018
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN ISO 2081:2018 Metallic and other inorganic coatings. Electroplated coatings of zinc with supplementary treatments on iron or steel …
U-frames in bridges
Bridge designers will be familiar with compression flanges restrained by u-frames. David Brown of the SCI introduces the concept and illustrates the same …
New and revised codes & standards, from BSI updates April 2018
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN ISO 9017:2018 Destructive tests on welds in metallic materials. Fracture test Supersedes BS EN ISO 9017:2013 BS EN ISO 13918:2018 …
