Code of Practice for the Structural Use of Steel

CONTENTS Foreword………………………………………………………………..i Acknowledgments………………………………………………………………..    ii Contents……………………………………………………………….. …………iii List of Figures ………………………………………………………………………………….xiv List of Tables ………………………………………………………………..xvi 1 GENERAL…………………………………………………………………………………………..1 1.1 Scope……………………………………………………………………………………………. 1       1.2 Design Philosophy……………………………………………………………………………2      1.2.1 Aims of structural design………………………………………………………………………………………21.2.2 Design responsibility and assumptions…………………………………………………………………..21.2.3 Structural system, integrity and robustness…………………………………………………………….31.2.4 Overall stability……………………………………………………………………………………………………31.2.5 Limit state design ………………………………………………………………………………………………..31.2.6 Economy ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………31.2.7 Design working life………………………………………………………………………………………………31.3 References………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..41.4 Glossary of Terms and Definitions …………………………………………………………………………….41.4.1 General definitions ………………………………………………………………………………………………41.4.2 Structural element definitions………………………………………………………………………………..51.4.3 Structural behaviour definitions……………………………………………………………………………..61.4.4 Material behaviour definitions ……………………………………………………………………………….71.4.5 Section type definitions………………………………………………………………………………………..71.4.6 Connection definitions………………………………………………………………………………………….81.5 Major Symbols…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..82 LIMIT STATE DESIGN PHILOSOPHY ………………………………………………………………………..172.1 General……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………172.1.1 Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………………………………172.1.2 Simple design …………………………………………………………………………………………………..172.1.3 Continuous design …………………………………………………………………………………………….172.1.4 Semi-continuous design……………………………………………………………………………………..172.1.5 Design…