Technical
Decking manufacturers reach the standard
SCI Senior Engineer Andy Smith explains how decking manufacturers ensure their products comply with the relevant standard. Characteristic resistances from …
Fire resistance design of steel-framed buildings (P375)
Design for fire resistance is a key requirement for most steel-framed buildings. Beams and slabs are required to provide a certain level of load bearing …
AD 368: Shear resistance of I-sections in P363
This Advisory Desk Note provides clarification and further guidance on the design shear resistance values given in SCI P363 Steel building design: Design data …
Simplified assessment methods for LTB
David Brown of the SCI considers the simplified assessment method for lateral-torsional buckling given in EC3, and finds a useful application in elastic portal …
AD 367: Construction loading for composite slabs – update to P364
This Advisory Desk Note provides clarification about the different design approaches adopted in worked examples in SCI publications P359 and P364. Although the …
Columns in simple design according to the Eurocodes
Dorota Koschmidder of SCI explains the simplified method of designing continuous columns in simple construction according to the Eurocodes. In order to retain …
Codes & Standards: From BSI Updates April 2012
BS EN PUBLICATIONS BS EN ISO 14174:2012 Welding consumables. Fluxes for submerged arc welding and electroslag welding. Classification Supersedes BS EN ISO …
Codes & Standards: from BSI updates March 2012
CORRIGENDA TO BRITISH STANDARDS BS EN 10029:2010 Hot-rolled steel plates 3 mm thick or above. Tolerances on dimensions and shape. CORRIGENDUM 1 BS EN ISO …
AD 366: Bolts and Pins – Background information ASM 22.3.12
This advisory desk note provides background information on the design issues for bolts and pins, and why there are different design rules for each component. …
A View of Torsion, Part Three
Parts One and Two introduced the two torsion resistance mechanisms available to a steel I-section and described them separately. In this final Part of the …
