The management of destabilising loads

Although destabilising loads on unrestrained beams may be infrequent in orthodox building structures, they are sometimes found in domestic construction and can be quite common in steelwork supporting industrial equipment. David Brown looks at the provisions in BS 5950 and BS EN 1993-1-1.

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