Technical
New and revised codes & standards from BSI Updates November & December 2013, and January 2014
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN ISO 9017:2013 Destructive tests on welds in metallic materials. Fracture test Supersedes BS EN 1320:1997 BS EN ISO 9606-1:2013 …
Calculating the C1 factor for lateral torsional buckling
David Brown of the SCI proposes expressions for C1 for use with linear and non-linear bending moment diagrams. In order to retain the accurate formatting of …
New and revised codes & standards – October/November 2013
CORRIGENDA TO BRITISH STANDARDS BS EN 1998-3:2005 Eurocode 8. Design of structures for earthquake resistance. Assessment and retrofitting of buildings …
AD 378: Web resistance to transverse loads according to BS EN 1993-1-5
Web resistance (which used to be described as web bearing and web buckling) is covered by Section 6 of BS EN 1993-1-5[1]. Although this Eurocode covers plated …
Joints in steel construction: Moment-Resisting joints to Eurocode 3 (P398)
This publication covers the design of moment-resisting joints in accordance with Eurocode 3. Moment-resisting joints are typically found in portal frames and …
Resistance factors of Eurocode 3
Load factors and their combinations were reviewed in NSC November 2012 and January 2013. In this article Alastair Hughes switches attention to γM. In order to …
AD 377: Placement of headed stud shear connectors in troughs of profiled steel sheets with a central stiffener
Some types of profiled steel sheets (PSS) have a central stiffener in the trough, which makes it impossible to place the headed stud(s) centrally in the …
New and revised codes and standards – August/September 2013
BS IMPLEMENTATIONS BS ISO 404:2013 Steel and steel products. General technical delivery requirements. No current standard is superseded BS ISO 7539-11:2013 …
The future of live load reduction – part two
In Part One (in the previous issue – NSC Vol 21, No 3) Alastair Hughes examined how the new regime of EN 1991-1-1:2002, together with its National Annex, …
Interim Report. Design of Portal Frames to Eurocode 3: An overview for UK designers
In the UK, designers of portal frame buildings have commonly used bespoke software specifically written for the analysis and member design in accordance with …
