Advisory Desk
AD 355: Hydrogen embrittlement of bolts
The Advisory Desk has been asked to draw attention to the need to ensure avoidance of hydrogen embrittlement of higher grade bolts (above property class 8.8) …
AD 354: Resistance of bolted connections in tension, for design to BS EN 1993-1-8
This Advisory Desk Note provides a simple method of determining the design tension resistance of bolted connections in accordance with BS EN 1993-1-5:2005 that …
AD 353: Execution class for bridge steelwork
With the switch to Eurocodes for the design of bridges, project specifications are now being drawn up based on the use of the execution standard BS EN 1090-2 …
AD 352: Fatigue assessment of crane supporting structures to Eurocode 3
This Advisory Desk note offers advice on fatigue assessment of crane girders (described in the Eurocodes as “runway beams”) and other crane supporting …
AD 351: Tension resistance of angles in SCI P363
The Advisory Desk has received a number of questions regarding the tension resistance tables provided in the “Eurocode Blue Book” (SCI publication P363) …
AD 350: Heating pipes in composite floors – effects on slab beam design
The purpose of this AD Note is to give advice on the design of composite beams and composite slabs when polypropylene heating pipe systems are installed within …
AD 349: Shear resistance of Parallel Flange Channels in the Eurocode Blue Book
An error has been found in the values of shear resistance of Parallel Flange Channels that are quoted in SCI publication P363 Steel building design: Design …
AD 348: Bolt resistance tables in the Eurocode Blue Book
This AD Note provides clarification of resistance values given in SCI publication P363 Steel building design: Design data (the Eurocode Blue Book). The …
AD 347: Saw cutting of composite slabs to control cracking
The purpose of this AD Note is to discuss the issues involved in the use of saw cutting to form crack inducing joints in composite slabs and to emphasise the …
AD 346: Design actions during concreting for beams and decking in composite floors
In order to retain the accurate formatting of the equations in this Advisory Desk, this article is available as a pdf download only. Click here to download …
