Technical
AD 332: Toughness of Bolts
To avoid brittle fracture, both BS 5950-1[1] and BS EN 1993-1-10[2] provide rules for verifying the adequacy of steel elements at low temperatures. …
Product confidence for the steel sector
Andrew Way from SCI explains the advantages of the range of assessment services offered by SCI for steel sector construction products and building systems. The …
Countdown to Eurocode Implementation
NA for EC3: Part 1.10 – Fracture toughness The National Annex for Eurocode 3: General rules and rules for buildings Part 1.10: Material toughness and through …
Codes and Standards: From BSI updates December 2008 and January 2009
BRITISH STANDARDS NA to BS EN 1993:- UK National Annex to Eurocode 3. Design of steel structures NA to BS EN 1993-1-2:2005 General rules. Structural fire …
AD 330: Open top box girders for bridges
Recently there has been an increase in the use of ‘open-top’ boxes for the creation of composite box girder bridges. Typically, they are employed where the …
Is the UK ready for the Eurocodes?
In October 2008, all SCI members in the UK were invited to complete a short survey on the steel sector’s preparations for the Eurocodes. David Brown, SCI …
BS 9999: A new approach to design of fire precautions in buildings
Since the mid 1980s, fire precautions in buildings in England and Wales have been designed principally to the provisions of Approved Document B to the Building …
Choice of lateral-torsional buckling curves – according to Eurocode 3 and the UK National Annex
Alastair Hughes of the SCI explains some of the subtleties of the interaction between the UK National Annex and the Eurocode itself. In order to retain the …
AD 330: Vibration of steel staircases
The Advisory Desk has received a number of queries asking for guidance on vi- bration of steel staircases. In fact, guidance is already given in several parts …
AD 329: Dealing with connection design in a 3D frame analysis
For a structure modelled in a 3D frame analysis, the ends of every beam element have six degrees of freedom and hence there are six possible forces or moments …
