SELECTED CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
1 Introduction – designing to the Eurocodes
- Introduction
- Creation of the Eurocodes
- Structure of the Eurocodes
- Non-contradictory complementary information – NCCI
- Implementation in the UK
- Benefits of designing to the Eurocodes
- Industry support for the introduction of the Eurocodes
2 Integrated design for successful steel constructon
- Client requirements for whole building performance, value and impact
- Design for sustainability
- Design for overall economy
3 Loading to the Eurocodes
- Imposed loads
- Imposed loads on roofs
- Snow loads
- Accidental actions
- Combinations of actions
- Worked example
4 Single-storey buildings
- The roles for steel in single-storey buildings
- Design for long terms performance
- Anatomy of structure
- Loading
- Common types of primary frame
- Preliminary design of portal frames
- Bracing
- Design of portal frames to BS EN 1993-1-1
- Worked example
5 Multi-storey buildings
- Introduction
- Costs and construction programme
- Understanding the design brief
- Structural arrangements to resist sway
- Stabilising systems
- Columns
- Floor systems
6 Industrial steelwork
- Introduction
- Anatomy of structure
- Loading
- Thermal effects
- Crane girdedlifting beam design
- Structure in its wider context
7 Special steel structures
- Introduction
- Space frame structures: 3-dimensional grids based on regular solids
- Lightweight tension steel cable structures
- Lightweight compression steel structures
- Steel for stadiums
- Information and process in the current digital age – the development of technolog
8 Light steel structures and modular construction
- Introduction
- Building applications
- Benefits of light steel construction
- Light steel building elements
- Modular construction
- Hybrid construction
- Structural design issues
- Non-structural design issues
9 Secondary steelwork
- Introduction
- Issues for consideration
- Applications
APPLIED METALLURGY
10 Applied metallurgy of steel
- Introduction
- Chemical composition
- Heat treatment
- Manufacture and effect on properties
- Engineering properties and mechanical tests
- Fabrication effects and service performance
11 Failure processes
- Fracture
- Linear elastic fracture mechanics
- Elastic-plastic fracture mechanics
- Materials testing for fracture properties
- Fracture-safe design
- Fatigue
ANALYSIS
12 Analysis
- Introduction
- The basics
- Analysis and design
- Analysis by hand
- Analysis by software
- Analysis of multi-storey buildings
- Portal frame buildings
- Special structural members
- Very important issue
13 Structural vibration
- Introduction
- Causes of vibration
- Perception of vibration
- Types of response
- Determining the modal properties
- Calculating vibration response
- Acceptability criteria
- Practical considerations
- Synchronised crowd activities
ELEMENT DESIGN
14 Local buckling and cross-section classification
- Introduction
- Cross-sectional dimensions and moment-rotation behaviour
- Effect of moment-rotation behaviour on approach to design and analysis
- Classification table
- Economic factors
15 Tension members
- Introduction
- Types of tension member
- Design for axial tension
- Combined bending and tension
- Eccentricity of end connections
- Other considerations
- Cables
16 Columns and struts
- Introduction
- Common types of member
- Design considerations
- Cross-sectional considerations
- Column buckling resistance
- Torsional and flexural-torsional buckling
- Effective (buckling) lengths
- Special types of strut
- Economic points
- Worked example
17 Beams
- Introduction
- Common types of beam
- Cross-section classification and moment resistance
- Basic design
- Laterally unrestrained beams
- Beams with web openings
- Worked example
18 Plate girders
- Introduction
- Advantages and disadvantages
- Initial choice of cross-section for plate girders
- Design of plate girders to BS EN 1993-1-5
- Worked example
19 Members with compression and moments
- Occurrence of combined loading
- Types of response – interaction
- Effect of moment gradient loading
- Selection of type of cross-section
- Basic design procedure to Eurocode 3
- Special design methods for members in portal frames
- Worked example
20 Trusses
- Introduction
- Types of truss
- Guidance on overall concept
- Selection of elements and connections
- Analysis of trusses
- Detailed design considerations for elements
- Bracing
- Rigid-jointed Vierendeel girders
- Worked example
21 Composite slabs
- Definition
- General description
- Design for the construction condition
- Design of composite slabs
- Design for shear and concentrated loads
- Tests on composite slabs
- Serviceability limits and crack control
- Shrinkage and creep
- Fire resistance
- Worked example
22 Composite beams
- Introduction
- Material properties
- Composite beams
- Plastic analysis of composite section
- Shear resistance
- Shear connection
- Full and partial shear connection
- Transverse reinforcement
- Primary beams and edge beams
- Continuous composite beams
- Serviceability limit states
- Design tables for composite beams
- Worked example
23 Composite columns
- Introduction
- Design of composite columns
- Simplified design method
- Illustrative examples of design of composite columns
- Longitudinal and transverse shear forces
- Worked example
24 Design of light gauge steel elements
- Introduction
- Section properties
- Local buckling
- Distortional buckling
- Design of compression members
- Design of members in bending
- Worked example
CONNECTION DESIGN
25 Bolting assemblies
- Types of structural bolting assembly
- Methods of tightening and their application
- Geometric considerations
- Methods of analysis of bolt groups
- Design strengths
- Tables of resistance
26 Welds and design for welding
- Advantages of welding
- Ensuring weld quality and properties by the use of standards
- Recommendations for cost reduction
- Welding processes
- Geometric considerations
- Methods of analysis of weld groups
- Design strengths
- Concluding remarks
27 Joint design and simple connections
- Introduction
- Simple connections
- Worked example
28 Design of moment connections
- Introduction
- Design philosophy
- Tension zone
- Compression zone
- Shear zone
- Stiffeners
- Design moment of resistance of end-plate joints
- Rotational stiffness and rotation capacity
FOUNDATIONS
Foundations and holding-down systems
- Types of foundation
- Design of foundations
- Fixed and pinned column bases
- Pinned column bases – axially loaded I-section columns
- Design of fixed column bases
- Holding-down systems
- Worked example
30 Steel piles and steel basements
- Introduction
- Types of steel piles
- Geotechnical uncertainty
- Choosing a steel basement
- Detailed basement design: Introduction
- Detailed basement designs: Selection of soil parameters
- Detailed basement design: Geotechnical analysis
- Detailed basement design: Structural design
- Other design details
- Constructing a steel basement: Pile installation techniques
- Specification and site control
- Movement and monitoring
CONSTRUCTION
Design for movement in structures
- Introduction
- Effects of temperature variation
- Spacing of expansion joints
- Design for movement in typical single-storey industrial steel buildings
- Design for movement in typical multi-storey buildings
- Treatment of movement joints
- Use of special bearings
32 Tolerances
- Introduction
- Standards
- Implications of tolerances
- Fabrication tolerances
- Erection tolerances
33 Fabrication
- Introduction
- Economy of fabrication
- Welding
- Bolting
- Cutting
- Handling and routeing of steel
- Quality management
34 Erection
- Introduction
- Method statements, regulations and documentation
- Planning
- Site practices
- Site fabrication and modifications
- Steel decking and shear connectors
- Cranes and craneage
- Safety
- Accidents
35 Fire protection and fire engineering
- Introduction
- Building regulations
- Fire engineering design codes
- Structural performance in fire
- Fire protection materials
- Advanced fire engineering
- Selection of an appropriate approach to fire protection and fire engineering
for specific buildings - Worked example
36 Corrosion and corrosion prevention
- Introduction
- General corrosion
- Other forms of corrosion
- Corrosion rates
- Effect of the environment
- Design and corrosion
- Surface preparation
- Metallic coatings
- Paint coatings
- Application of paints
- Weather-resistant steels
- The protective treatment specification
- Relevant standards
Appendix
Steel technology
- Elastic properties
- European standards for structural steels 1110
Design theory
- Bending moment, shear and deflection
- Second moments of area
- Geometrical properties of plane sections
- Plastic moduli
- Formulae for rigid frames
Design of elements and connections
- Explanatory notes on section dimensions and properties
- Tables of dimensions and gross section properties
- Bolt and Weld Data for S275
- Bolt and Weld Data for S355
Eurocodes
- Extracts from Concise Eurocodes
Floors
- Floor plates
Construction
- Fire resistance
- Section factors for fire design
- Corrosion resistance
Standards
- British and European Standards for steelwork
