Technical
AD 269: The use of intumescent coatings for the fire protection of beams with circular web openings
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AD 268 Bolt Lengths – Table 3, BS 5950-2: 2001
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AD 267: Notional Horizontal Forces and Industrial Platform Floors
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How to Specify Steel: Design leads to specification
Designers and specifiers of structural steelwork need to ensure that their requirements are made clear to steelwork contractors. This is a guide to the …
Eurocode design factors and limits
National Annex to BS EN 1990 – Draft for Public Comment. Charles King reports. BSI has published the draft National Annex to BS EN 1990, Eurocode – …
Design of masonry support angles – a review
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AD 266: Shear Connection in composite beams
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How Concrete Shrinkage Affects Composite Steel Beams
Concrete shrinks. Not much, but enough to warrant thinking about in design. Steel doesn’t, so in composite construction shrinkage of insitu concrete slabs …
Unbraced Frames – Sway Stability
Having looked at braced frames in the November/December 2002 issue of New Steel Construction, this article considers unbraced frames, often known as …
AD 265: Matching bolts, nuts and washers
From time to time questions arise concerning the appropriate combinations of bolts, nuts and washers to specify when used in structural steelwork. The SCI has …
