BS 5950-1 2000 - Part 1 - Code of Practice For Design-Rolled and Welded Sections

BRITISH STANDARD BS 5950-1:2000
Incorporating
Corrigenda Nos. 1
and 2 and Amendment
No. 1
Structural use of
steelwork in building —
Part 1: Code of practice for design —
Rolled and welded sections
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BS 5950-1:2000
Committees responsible for this

British Standard
The preparation of this British Standard was entrusted by Technical

Committee B/525, Building and civil engineering structures, to Subcommittee
B/525/31, Structural use of steel, upon which the following bodies were
represented:
British Constructional Steelwork Association
Building Research Establishment Ltd
Cold Rolled Sections Association
Confederation of British Metalforming
DETR (Construction Directorate)
DETR (Highways Agency)
Health and Safety Executive
Institution of Civil Engineers
Institution of Structural Engineers
Steel Construction Institute
UK Steel Association
Welding Institute
This British Standard, having

been prepared under the
direction of the Civil
Engineering and Building
Structures Standards Policy
Committee, was published
under the authority of the
Standards Committee
on 15 May 2001. It comes into
effect on 15 August 2001
(see foreword).
Amendments issued since publication
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Amd. No. Date Comments
The following BSI references 13199 May 2001 Corrected and reprinted
relate to the work on this Corrigendum No. 1
standard:
Committee reference B/525/31 17137 31 August 2007 See foreword
Draft for comment 98/102164 DC
C2 31 March 2008 Correction to equation in G.4.3
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This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a
contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.
Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from
legal obligations.
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!NOTE 1 The imposed loads are the imposed floor loads and the imposed roof loads.
NOTE 2 The crane loads are the self-weight of the crane, the lifted load and the allowances for dynamic effects."
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e) be taken to contribute to the net reactions !of the structure as a whole on its" foundations.
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is the notional horizontal deflection of the top of the storey relative to the bottom of the storey,
due to !horizontal forces equal to 0.5 % of the factored vertical dead, imposed and crane loads
applied to the frame at each storey level".
!2.4.2.7.1 General"
should be classed as “sway-sensitive” !and the secondary forces and moments should be allowed for.
NOTE Either elastic or plastic analysis may be used."
!2.4.2.7.2 Elastic analysis

Provided that 2cr is not less than 4.0, the secondary forces and moments should be allowed for by using one
of the following methods:
a) Effective length method: This method applies to cases where the resistance to horizontal forces is
provided by moment-resisting joints or cantilever columns. Sway mode in-plane effective lengths should
be used for the columns, see 4.7.3 for simple structures or E.2 for continuous structures. The beams
should be designed to remain elastic under the factored loads.
b) Amplified sway method: The sway effects (see 2.4.2.8) should be multiplied by the amplification factor
kamp determined from the following:
1) for clad structures, provided that the stiffening effect of masonry infill wall panels or diaphragms of
profiled steel sheeting (see 2.4.2.5) is not explicitly taken into account:
λ cr
k amp = ----------------------------
- but k amp ≥ 1.0
1.15 λ – 1.5
cr
2) for unclad frames, or for clad structures in which the stiffening effect of masonry infill wall panels
or diaphragms of profiled steel sheeting (see 2.4.2.5) is explicitly taken into account:
λcr
k amp = --------------
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λ cr – 1
c) Analytical method. A rigorous form of second order elastic analysis should be used.
If 2cr is less than 4.0, method c) should always be used.
2.4.2.7.3 Plastic analysis
If plastic analysis is used, reference should be made to 5.5 for portal frames or 5.7 for multi-storey frames.
The secondary forces and moments should be allowed for by using second order elastic–plastic analysis.
Simple plastic theory should not be used for second order analysis."
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!Alternatively, the value of t1 may be determined from the following:
— if Tmin U T27J p 20 ºC:
N 355-
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1.4
t 1 = 50 ( 1.2 )
Y nom
— if T27J p 20 ºC > Tmin U T27J p 35 ºC:
N 355 1.4
t 1 = 110 ( 1.8 ) -------------
Y nom
— if Tmin < T27J – 35 ºC:

t1 = 0
in which:
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!T27J is the test temperature or equivalent test temperature (in °C) for a minimum
Charpy impact value Cv of 27 J as specified in the relevant product standard,
see Table 7;"
n !Detail" in tension due to
Welded connections to unstiffened flanges,

see 6.7.5 !, and tubular nodal joints"
!NOTE 4 Where abrupt changes in cross-sections coincide with the detail, (other than those covered by descriptions above), e.g.
service openings, notched cut-outs, etc., the general stress levels should take into account the additional stress concentration effect.
NOTE 5 The stress considered is the stress excluding residual stresses and stresses from structural integrity checks to 2.4.5."
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!
Product standard, steel grade and quality Maximum thickness t1 (mm) when K = 1 according to
minimum service temperature
Normal temperatures Lower temperatures
Internal External
−5 °C −15 °C −25 °C −35 °C −45 °C
BS EN 10025-2:
S 275 JR 36 20 — — —
S 275 J0 65 54 36 20 —
S 275 J2 94 78 65 54 36
S 355 JR 25 14 — — —
S 355 J0 46 38 25 14 —
S 355 J2 66 55 46 38 25
S 355 K2 79 66 55 46 38
S 450 J0 33 27 18 10 —
BS EN 10025-3:
S 275 N 113 94 78 65 54
S 275 NL 162 135 113 94 78

S 355 N 79 66 55 46 38
S 355 NL 114 95 79 66 55
S 460 N 55 46 38 32 26
S 460 NL 79 66 55 46 38
BS EN 10025-4:
S 275 M 113 94 78 65 54
S 275 ML 162 135 113 94 78
S 355 M 79 66 55 46 38
S 355 ML 114 95 79 66 55
S 460 M 55 46 38 32 26
S 460 ML 79 66 55 46 38
BS EN 10025-5:
S 355 J0W or S 355 J0WP 46 38 25 14 —
S 355 J2W or S 355 J2WP 66 55 46 38 25
S 355 K2W 79 66 55 46 38
BS EN 10025-6:
S 460 Q 46 38 32 26 18
S 460 QL 66 55 46 38 32
S 460 QL1 95 79 66 55 46
a The values in this table do not apply if the thickness of the part exceeds the relevant limiting thickness for validity of
the standard Charpy impact value for that product form, see Table 6.
b The inclusion of a thickness in this table does not necessarily imply that steel of that thickness can be supplied to that
grade in all product forms.
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Product standard, steel grade and quality Maximum thickness t1 (mm) when K = 1 according to
minimum service temperature
Normal temperatures Lower temperatures
Internal External
−5 °C −15 °C −25 °C −35 °C −45 °C
BS EN 10210:
S 275 J0H 65 54 36 20 —
S 275 J2H 94 78 65 54 36
S 275 NH 113 94 78 65 54
S 275 NLH 162 135 113 94 78
S 355 J0H 46 38 25 14 —
S 355 J2H 66 55 46 38 25
S 355 K2H or S 355 NH 79 66 55 46 38
S 355 NLH 114 95 79 66 55
S 460 NH 55 46 38 32 26
S 460 NLH 79 66 55 46 38
BS EN 10219:
S 275 J0H 65 54 36 20 —
S 275 J2H 94 78 65 54 36
S 275 MH or S 275 NH 113 94 78 65 54
S 275 MLH or S 275 NLH 162 135 113 94 78
S 355 J0H 46 38 25 14 —
S 355 J2H 66 55 46 38 25
S 355 K2H or S 355 MH or S 355 NH 79 66 55 46 38
S 355 MLH or S 355 NLH 114 95 79 66 55
S 460 MH or S 460 NH 55 46 38 32 26
S 460 MLH or S 460 NLH 79 66 55 46 38
BS 7668:
S 345 J0WH or S 345 J0WPH 48 40 26 15 —
S 345 GWH 62 52 43 36 20
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Product standard Steel grade Steel quality Sections Plates and Hollow
flats sections
BS EN 10025-2 S 275 or S 355 JR or J0 100 250 —
J2 100 400 —
K2 100 150 —
S 450 J0 100 — —
BS EN 10025-3 S 275 or S 355 All 250 250 —
S 460 All 200 200 —
BS EN 10025-4 S 275, S 355 or All 150 120 —
S 460
BS EN 10025-5 All J0WP or J2WP 40 12 —
J0W, J2W or 150 150 —
K2W
BS EN 10025-6 S 460 All — 150 —
BS EN 10210-1 All J0, J2 or K2 — — 120
NH or NLH — — 65
BS EN 10219-1 All All — — 40
BS 7668 All J0WPH — — 12
J0WH or GWH — — 40
a Maximum thickness at which the full Charpy impact value specified in the product standard applies.
(or equivalent test temperature) T27 J

Steel quality Product standard
BS EN 10025 BS EN 10210-1 BS EN 10219-1 BS 7668
JR +20 °C +20 °C +20 °C —
J0 0 °C 0 °C 0 °C 0 °C
J2 −20 °C −20 °C −20 °C —
K2 −30 °C a — −30 °C a —
M −30 °C a — −30 °C a —
ML −50 °C — −50 °C —
N −30 °C a −30 °C a −30 °C a —
NL −50 °C −50 °C −50 °C —
Q −20 °C a — — —
QL −40 °C a — — —
QL1 −60 °C a — — —
G — — — −15 °C
a Equivalent test temperature for 27 J, see product standard.
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!Where regulations require that certain buildings should be constructed so that in event of an accident
the building will not suffer collapse to an extent disproportionate to the cause, steel framed buildings
designed as recommended in this standard (including the recommendations of 2.1.1.1) may be assumed to
meet this requirement provided that:
a) buildings of Class 1 and Class 2A are designed to conform to 2.4.5.2;
b) buildings of Class 2B are designed to conform to 2.4.5.2 and 2.4.5.3;
c) buildings of Class 3 are designed to conform to 2.4.5.2 and 2.4.5.3 in addition to resisting the design
conditions that can reasonably be foreseen as possible during the life of the buildings, identified by a
systematic risk analysis of normal and abnormal hazards such that any collapse is not disproportionate
to the cause.
where
Class 1 includes houses not exceeding 4 storeys; agricultural buildings; buildings into which people
rarely go, provided no part of the building is closer to another building, or area where people do
go, than a distance of 1.5 times the building height.

Class 2A includes 5 storey single occupancy houses; hotels not exceeding 4 storeys; flats, apartments
and other residential buildings not exceeding 4 storeys; offices not exceeding 4 storeys;
industrial buildings not exceeding 3 storeys; retailing premises not exceeding 3 storeys of less
than 2 000 m2 floor area in each storey; single storey educational buildings; all buildings not
exceeding 2 storeys to which members of the public are admitted and which contain floor areas
not exceeding 2 000 m2 floor area at each storey.
Class 2B includes hotels, flats, apartments and other residential buildings greater than 4 storeys but not
exceeding 15 storeys; educational buildings greater than 1 storey but not exceeding 15 storeys;
retailing premises greater than 3 storeys but not exceeding 15 storeys; hospitals not
exceeding 3 storeys; offices greater than 4 storeys but not exceeding 15 storeys; all buildings to
which members of the public are admitted which contain floor areas exceeding 2 000 m2 but less
than 5 000 m2 at each storey; car parking not exceeding 6 storeys.
Class 3 includes all buildings defined above as Class 2A and 2B that exceed the limits on area or number
of storeys; grandstands accommodating more than 5 000 spectators; buildings containing
hazardous substances or processes.
NOTE For steel beams supported by other materials, reference should be made to BS 5628 for masonry, BS 5268 for timber,
BS 8110 for concrete and BS 5950-5 for cold-formed steel."
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!Where precast concrete or other heavy floor or roof units are used, the bearing details should conform
to BS 8110."
Column ties
Edge ties
Re-entrant corner
Tie anchoring
re-entrant corner
Edge ties
Tie anchoring
column A
Edge ties Beams not used as ties
2.4.5.3 !Limiting the effects of accidental removal of supports"

!Where regulations require certain buildings to be specially designed to limit the effect of accidental
removal of supports, steel-framed buildings designed as recommended in this standard (including the
recommendations of 2.1.1.1 and 2.4.5.2) may be assumed to meet this requirement provided that the
following five conditions a) to e) are met."
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— for internal ties: !0.5(1.4gk + 1.6qk)stLn" but not less than 75 kN;
— for edge ties: !0.25(1.4gk + 1.6qk)stLn" but not less than 75 kN.
!n is a factor related to the number of storeys in the structure as follows:

Number of storeys: Value of factor, n:
5 or more 1.0
4 0.75
3 0.5
2 0.25
1 0
"
This may be assumed to be satisfied if, in the absence of other loading, the member and its end
connections are capable of resisting a tensile force equal to its end reaction under factored loads
!multiplied by n", or the larger end reaction !multiplied by n" if they are unequal, but not less
than 75 kN.
resisting a tensile force equal to the largest !total factored vertical dead and imposed load" applied
to the column at a single floor level located between that column splice and the next column splice
down.
e) Heavy floor units. Where precast concrete or other heavy floor !, stair" or roof units are used they
should be effectively anchored in the direction of their span, either to each other over a support, or
directly to their supports as recommended in BS 8110.
time, of each column !and each beam supporting one or more columns". If condition d) is not met, a
check should be made in each storey in turn to ensure that disproportionate collapse would not be
precipitated by the notional removal, one at a time, of each element of the systems providing resistance to
horizontal forces.
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All beams designed
to act as ties
Tie anchoring
column A
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s2
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T T1 T
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t
t t t
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Figure 6 as follows:
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Compression
flange
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cross-section
Centroidal axis
of the effective
cross-section
Tension flange
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Compression
flange
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cross-section
Centroidal axis
of the effective
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Non-effective zone
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of gross section eff
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!4.2.1.4 Curtailment of flange plates

In a beam of compound section, see 3.5.3, each additional flange plate should be extended beyond the point
at which the cross-section is sufficient without it. The extension beyond the theoretical cut-off point should
be long enough for its connecting welds to transfer the longitudinal force in the plate. This force should be
calculated from the moment at the theoretical cut-off point, based upon the properties of the compound
section."
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!NOTE Where it is required to use nominally pinned bases in second order plastic analysis, a base moment capacity should
be assumed such that the maximum moment that the base can attract is very small. Otherwise the base should be treated as
nominally rigid, see 5.1.3.2b)."
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s
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Provided that 2cr !is not less than" 4.0 !the secondary forces and moments due to" sway should be
allowed for by using one of the following methods.
a) Effective length method: In this method, sway mode in-plane effective lengths, see !E.2" should be
used for the columns. The beams shoule be designed to remain elastic under the factored loads.
In this method, non-sway mode in-plane effective lengths, see !E.2", should be used for the columns.
c) !Analytical method: A rigorous form of second order elastic analysis should be used."
!If 2cr is less than 4.0, method c) should always be used.
NOTE Recommendations for the necessary stiffness of the moment-resisting joints are given in 6.1.5."
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M1
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equal to the capacity of the parent metal provided that:
a) the weld is made with a matching or over-matching electrode from Table 37;
b) the sum of the throat sizes is not less than the connected plate thickness;
c) the connected elements are grade S 355 or lower."
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FL
FL
Throat
of the weld
FT
θ
FT
FT
a
2FT
FT
FT
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2
s1
a
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See D.1.1. (b)
Y Y
Effective length of column:

Axis X - X = 1.5L
Axis Y - Y = 0.85L
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L
X 3
Y Y
L2
X L
Y Y
L
1
X
Alternative methods
of restraint
Effective length of column:

Axis X - X = 1.5L
Axis Y - Y = 0.85L1,1.0L2 or 1.0L3
whichever is the greatest
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Effective lengths of columns:
Upper roof column
Axis X - X = 1.5L1
Axis Y - Y = Y2 - Y2 = L1
Lower roof column

Axis B - B = 0.85L
Axis Y - Y = L2, L3, L4 or L5
whichever is the greatest
X Upper roof column Crane column

Axis B - B = 0.85L
Axis Y1 - Y1 = L6, L7, L8 or L9
L1 whichever is the greatest
Combined roof and crane column

Y2 Y2
Axis A - A = 1.5L
Axis B - B = 0.85L
X Crane column
L9
L2
L
8
A
Y1 Y
L3
B B L7
L
C.G. Y1 Y
L
4
A
L6
L5
Lower roof column
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Effective lengths of columns:
Roof column
Axis B1 - B1 = L1
Axis A - A = 1.5L1
Crane column
Axis B - B = 0.85L
Axis Y - Y = L2, L3, L4 or L5
Roof column whichever is the greatest
L1 Combined crane column

Axis A - A = 1.5L
A Axis B - B = 0.85L
B1 B1
L5
Crane column
A
L4
A
L
Y Y
L3
B B
L2
Y Y
C.G.
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!NOTE Recommendations for the necessary stiffness of the moment-resisting joints are given in 6.1.5."
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1.0
1.0
Pinned
0.9
5
0.9 0.9
k1 0.8
0.8 5
0.8
0.7
0.7
0.6
5
0.7
0.6
0.5 75
0.6
5
0.4 0.6
25
0.6
0.3 0.5
75
0.2
0.5
5
0.5
0.1 25
0.5
Fixed 0.0
0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0
Fixed
k2
Pinned
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K
1
K k K
11 1 12
Column-length being designed K

c
K K
21 22
k
2
K
2
should be taken as I/L. !Text deleted"
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1.0
2.8
3.0
Pinned
2.6
0.9
2.4 2
2.
k1
2.0
0.8
1.9
1.8
1.7
0.7
1.6
1.5
0.6
1.4
0.5
1.3
1.2
5
0.4
1.2
1.1
0.3
5
1.1
0.2 1.0
5
0.1 1.0
0.9
75
Fixed 0.0
0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.0
Fixed
k2
Pinned
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Intermediate restraints Axis of restraint
x x x x x x x
F * * F
M1 * Non-restrained flange * M2
Uniform member
Axis of restraint Reference axis Axis of restraint
x x x x x x x
a F * * F
Reference Non-restrained flange

* M2
axis M1
*
Tapered member
Reference axis Axis of restraint
x x x x x x x
* *
F F
Non-restrained flange * M2
M1
*
Haunched member
Key :
* Both flanges laterally restrained
x One flange laterally restrained
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x x x x x x x x
* *
*
* Lh
Ly
Two-flange haunch
x x x x x x x x
* *
*
* Lh
Ly
Three-flange haunch
Key:
*x One flange laterally restrained

Both flanges laterally restrained
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x = Restraint x x
x
D x
min x Lh Lh
x x Ds x
D Ds
max x
x Ly
D Ly
h
Ly x Dh
x
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–
200
100
+
–
200
100
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198
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Applied moment Conservative
diagram moment gradient
Conservative
Applied moment moment gradient
diagram
0.5
1
- { R + 3R 2 + 4R 3 + 3R 4 + R 5 + 2 ( R S – R E ) }
! n t = ------------------- "
12R max 1
y;
— !Rmax is the maximum of the absolute values of R anywhere in the length Ly."
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200
RE
R1
(R1 )
(R2 )
R2
(R3 )
R3
RS
R4
RS = R E
R4
R5
R5
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!A web required to resist moment or axial force combined with shear should be checked using the
reduction factor @. If the web depth-to-thickness ratio d/t > 70¼ for a rolled section, or 62¼ for a welded
section, and if the simple shear buckling resistance Vw (see 4.4.5.2) is less than the shear capacity Pv
(see 4.2.3), @ should be taken as specified in H.3.2. Otherwise the reduction factor @ should be obtained
from 4.2.5.3."
is the shear force;

!Vw is the simple shear buckling resistance from 4.4.5.2."
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204
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Hq
field
Tension
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End post
Hq
End post
Hq
End post
207
Fe Fs Hq Fe Fs Hq Fe Fs Hq
ae ae ae
End post End post End post
Fe Fs Hq Fe Fs Hq Fe Fs Hq
Anchor Anchor Anchor
panel panel panel
ae ae ae
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!BS 5268 (all parts), Structural use of timber."
!BS 5628 (all parts), Code of practice for the use of masonry."
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NOTE Either elastic or plastic analysis may be used."

!2.4.2.7.2 Elastic analysis

— if T27J p 20 ºC > Tmin U T27J p 35 ºC:

— if Tmin < T27J – 35 ºC:

n !Detail" in tension due to

Welded connections to unstiffened flanges,

S 275 NL 162 135 113 94 78

(or equivalent test temperature) T27 J

go, than a distance of 1.5 times the building height.

2.4.5.2 !Minimum requirements"

Edge ties Beams not used as ties

2.4.5.3 !Limiting the effects of accidental removal of supports"

!n is a factor related to the number of storeys in the structure as follows:

!but Sy,eff Sy "

Elastic neutral axis 0.6 b

Elastic neutral axis

!4.2.1.4 Curtailment of flange plates

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e = end or edge distance

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Effective length of column:

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Effective length of column:

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Lower roof column

X Upper roof column Crane column

Combined roof and crane column

Lower roof column

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L1 Combined crane column

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Column-length being designed K

should be taken as I/L. !Text deleted"

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Reference Non-restrained flange

Reference axis Axis of restraint

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*x One flange laterally restrained

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is the shear force;

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