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Steel Building Design: Worked Examples – Open Sections (SCI P364)

This publication presents twenty design examples to illustrate the use of Eurocodes 3 and 4 for the design of structural open section members and connections. The examples all use the Nationally Determined Parameter values recommended in the UK National Annexes.

While preparing the examples for this publication, the emphasis has been to illustrate the design process in accordance with the Eurocodes and not necessarily to reproduce practical situations. Other solutions may be equally acceptable to those given. No consideration has been given to the influence of factors related to erection and fabrication; the consideration of these factors and the standardisation of sizes may well lead to solutions with better overall
economy than those given.

All the design examples assume the use of either S275 or S355 steel that complies with EN 10025-2.

In addition to the design of simple structural members, examples are included for simple connections used in buildings. Design guidance for simple connections will be given in SCI publication P358 Joints in steel construction:

Simple connection in accordance with Eurocode 3(due to be published in 2010).
Where a reference is made to P363 or the “Blue Book” this refers to Steel building design: Design data. In accordance with the Eurocodes and the UK
National Annexes.

In the examples, references are made to Eurocode Parts and to product standards. The Eurocode Parts and most of the product standards were prepared initially by CEN and all their internal references are made using the ‘EN’ designations. However, all these standards are published in the UK under a ‘BS EN’ designation; that designation has been used.

References to clauses introduced in the National Annex are distinguished by their NA prefix, for example, as NA.2.3. Unless otherwise stated, the clause and table numbers given in the right-hand margin of the worked examples refer to the Eurocode Part specified at the start
of each example.

Reference is made in some design examples to non-contradictory complementary information (NCCI). Such information might provide additional guidance to designers but care must be taken not to use any guidance that would conflict with the Eurocodes.

One instance where NCCI is needed is in determining the non-dimensional slenderness LT for lateral torsional buckling, which EN 1993-1-1 states may be derived from the elastic critical moment Mcr, although no method is given for determining the value of Mcr. Sources of NCCI for Mcr include:

 Formulae in text books
 Software, such as ‘LTBeam’ (available from the CTICM website)
Alternatively, a conservative simplified method for determining LT directly is given in SCI publication P362 Steel building design: Concise Eurocodes.

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Steel Building Design:Worked Examples – Open Sections

The design of steel framed buildings in the UK, has, since 1990, generally been in accordance with the British Standard BS 5950-1. However, that Standard is due to be withdrawn in March 2010; it will be replaced by the corresponding Parts of the Structural Eurocodes.
The Eurocodes are a set of structural design standards, developed by CEN (European
Committee for Standardisation) over the last 30 years, to cover the design of all types of structures in steel, concrete, timber, masonry and aluminium. In the UK, they are published by BSI under the designations BS EN 1990 to BS EN 1999; each of these ten Eurocodes is published in several Parts and each Part is accompanied by a National Annex that implements the CEN document and adds certain UK-specific provisions.
This publication is one of a number of new design guides that are being produced by SCI to help designers become acquainted with the use of the Eurocodes for structural steel design. It provides a number of short examples, in the form of calculation sheets, illustrating the design of structural open section members and simple connections in buildings.
The examples were prepared by Miss M E Brettle (SCI) and Mr A L Smith (SCI). The examples were checked by Mr D G Brown (SCI) and Dr S J Hicks (formerly of SCI).
The work leading to this publication was funded by Tata Steel* and their support is
gratefully acknowledged.

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