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Annual Review
New Interactive Blue Book
Institute (SCI) on behalf of Steel for Life,
a new interactive version of the Blue
Book is now available and can be found in the
Key Resources menu of the website.
The comprehensive web-hosted resource
Guide to brittle fracture now available
Commissioned and funded by the
BCSA and Steel for Life, a new Steel
Construction Institute (SCI) guide (P419)
Brittle fracture: selection of steel sub-grade
to BS EN 1993-1-10, has been added to the
website.
Selection of steel sub-grade is an important
responsibility for all steel designers, in order to
manage the risk of brittle fracture. The design
rules in the Eurocode were developed for
structures subject to fatigue such as bridges
and crane supporting structures, and it is
acknowledged that their use for buildings
where fatigue plays a minor role is extremely
safe-sided.
This new publication presents modified
steel thickness limits which may be used
in buildings where fatigue is not a design
consideration. These new limits have been
derived using the same approach behind
the Eurocode design rules, but crucially
reduce the crack growth due to fatigue.
Produced by the Steel Construction
which enable the user to take a test and
download a certificate for their records.
There is also a host of links where
users can go directly to web-based steel
design software and tools, while the
news section allows access to a number
of BCSA and Steel for Life supplements
that have appeared in the construction
and architectural press, such as NCE,
Construction News and Building
magazine.
The steel sector has an ongoing
pipeline of research and development
work, and continuously updates its
guidance in line with changes in
legislation, standards and industry
practice. Articles are also regularly
reviewed and updated where needed as
part of a formal maintenance regime that
ensures every article is kept up-to-date.
Registered users (one can register
on the site) get quarterly email alerts
highlighting all of the site’s new features,
updates and additional information.
Visit www.steelconstruction.info today,
register online and make the most of
this comprehensive free resource for
construction professionals.
Michael Sansom of the SCI said: “The
new user-friendly and refreshed interactive
Blue Book has a format that allows users to
either print information directly or export
information to a spreadsheet on their own
computer.”
includes design information in accordance with
both the Eurocodes and BS 5950.
It provides design data for the full range of both
open sections and hollow sections (both hotfinished
and cold-formed), and does not require
any software to be installed on a host computer.
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