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New tests demonstrate superior performance of steel-framed floors
Recent vibration tests on composite floors in steel-framed hospital buildings have confirmed that the real performance of composite floors is superior to that …
Letters: April 2005
NSC welcomes letters from readers on steel construction related issues. Please keep your letters brief — the editor reserves the right to condense. …
Tackling the residential market
The use of steel in multi-storey residential projects is increasing. It offers economic and fast solutions. There are strong positive trends in the UK market …
Unique bridge at Milton Keynes
A new bridge at Whaddon Road, Milton Keynes is unique on two counts. It employs the design concept of continuing steel friction piles up out of the ground to …
Human-induced Vibration of Slender Structures
How should we approach the rapidly emerging problem of excessive vibrations of structures occupied and dynamically excited by humans? Aleksandar Pavic finds …
AD 256: Design Considerations for the Vibration of Floors – Part 3
AD 254 Design Considerations for the Vibration of Floors – Part 2 gave a general over-view on the prediction of the acceleration and fundamental …
AD 254: Design Considerations for the Vibration of Floors – Part 2
AD 253 Design considerations for the vibration of floors warned that where vibrations disturb the occupants of a building it is usually excessive accelerations …
AD 253: Correction
This equation, which appeared on page 37 of NSC November/December 2001 was incorrect. The correct version is printed below. In order to retain the accurate …
AD 253: Design Considerations for the Vibration of Floors
Designers are more frequently facing the need to consider, in detail, the vibration response of floors. This Advisory Desk article is the first of a collection …
October 2005 – Steel’s competitive edge
Good news from Davis Langdon whose annual cost comparison between steel frames and concrete has once again proven that steel provides the most advantageous and …