Technical
AD 383 – Use of alkali-zinc silicate paint in slip-resistant bolted connections
The Advisory Desk has been made aware of some concerns about the use of alkali-zinc silicate paint in slip resistant connections, such that the structural …
Matters of principle – Part two
In Part One Alastair Hughes outlined the distinction between Principles and Application Rules in Eurocode design philosophy. Part Two picks out some examples …
New and revised codes & standards – From BSI Update August 2014
BS IMPLEMENTATIONS BS ISO 4998:2014 Continuous hop-dip zinc-coated and zinc-iron alloy-coated carbon steel sheet of structural quality Supersedes BS ISO …
CE Marking now mandatory
As from 1 July the Construction Products Regulation required the CE Marking of all fabricated structural steelwork. It is now a legal requirement to use CE …
New and revised codes & standards from BSI Update June and July 2014
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN ISO 21670:2014 Fasteners. Hexagon weld nuts with flange No current standard is superseded BS IMPLEMENTATIONS BS ISO 15510:2014 …
Matters of principle – Part one
In this two part article Alastair Hughes examines the distinction between Principles and Application Rules, which is dear to the heart of the Eurocodes …
AD 382: Bending resistance and moment-shear interaction limits for longitudinally stiffened beams designed to EN 1993-1-5
In order to retain the accurate formatting of the equations in this advisory desk, this article is available as a pdf download only. Click here to download …
AD 381: Fatigue assessment of non-standard bridge details
The Advisory Desk has been made aware of some instances of fatigue failure in cross beam to main girder connections, arising from the use of a …
New and revised codes & standards From BSI updates April and May 2014
BRITISH STANDARDS BS 7608:2014 Guide to fatigue design and assessment of steel products Supersedes BS 7608:1993 BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN IS0 16810:2014 …
Test on 15m Span Composite Cellular Beam
Mark Lawson and Eleftherios Aggelopoulos of the SCI and Dennis Lam of the University of Bradford present the results from a recent test carried out at the …
