BS 5950-1:2000

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STRUCTURAL USE OF STEELWORK IN BUILDING - PART 1: CODE OF PRACTICE FOR DESIGN - ROLLED AND WELDED SECTIONS

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

03-30-2010

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2000

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Committees responsible
Foreword
Section 1 - General
            1.1 Scope
            1.2 Normative references
            1.3 Terms and definitions
            1.4 Major symbols
            1.5 Other materials
            1.6 Design documents
            1.7 Reference to BS 5400-3
Section 2 - Limit states design
            2.1 General principles and design methods
            2.2 Loading
            2.3 Temperature change
            2.4 Ultimate limit states
            2.5 Serviceability limit states
Section 3 - Properties of materials and section
            properties
            3.1 Structural steel
            3.2 Bolts and welds
            3.3 Steel castings and forgings
            3.4 Section properties
            3.5 Classification of cross-sections
            3.6 Slender cross-sections
Section 4 - Design of structural members
            4.1 General
            4.2 Members subject to bending
            4.3 Lateral-torsional buckling
            4.4 Plate girders
            4.5 Web bearing capacity, buckling
                 resistance and stiffener design
            4.6 Tension members
            4.7 Compression members
            4.8 Members with combined moment and
                 axial force
            4.9 Members with biaxial moments
            4.10 Members in lattice frames
                 and trusses
            4.11 Gantry girders
            4.12 Purlins and side rails
            4.13 Column bases
            4.14 Cased sections
            4.15 Web openings
            4.16 Separators and diaphragms
            4.17 Eccentric loads on beams
Section 5 - Continuous structures
            5.1 General
            5.2 Global analysis
            5.3 Stability out-of-plane for
                 plastic analysis
            5.4 Continuous beams
            5.5 Portal frames
            5.6 Elastic design of multi-storey
                 rigid frames
            5.7 Plastic design of multi-storey
                 rigid frames
Section 6 - Connections
            6.1 General recommendations
            6.2 Connections using bolts
            6.3 Non-preloaded bolts
            6.4 Preloaded bolts
            6.5 Pin connections
            6.6 Holding-down bolts
            6.7 Welded connections
            6.8 Design of fillet welds
            6.9 Design of butt welds
Section 7 - Loading tests
            7.1 General
            7.2 Test conditions
            7.3 Test procedures
            7.4 Relative strength coefficient
            7.5 Proof test
            7.6 Strength test
            7.7 Failure test
Annex A (informative) - Safety format in BS 5950-1 and
                        references to BS 5400-3
Annex B (normative) - Lateral-torsional buckling of
                      members subject to bending
Annex C (normative) - Compressive strength
Annex D (normative) - Effective lengths of columns
                      in simple structures
Annex E (normative) - Effective lengths of compression
                      members in continuous structures
Annex F (normative) - Frame stability
Annex G (normative) - Members with one flange
                      laterally restrained
Annex H (normative) - Web buckling resistance
Annex I (normative) - Combined axial compression
                      and bending
Bibliography

Gives recommendations for the design of structural steelwork using hot rolled steel sections, flats, plates, hot finished structural hollow sections and cold formed structural hollow sections, in buildings and allied structures not specifically covered by other standards.

Committee	B/525/31
DevelopmentNote	Supersedes BS 5950-1(1990) and 91/13070 DC. (09/2002) Supersedes 06/30137910 DC. (08/2007) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, January 2010. (12/2009)
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	224
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Superseded
SupersededBy	BS EN 1993-1-1 : 2005 BS EN 1993-5:2007 BS EN 1993-1-10:2005 BS EN 1993-1-5 : 2006 BS EN 1993-1-1:2005+A1:2014 BS EN 1993-6:2007 BS EN 1993-1-8:2005

BS 5950-9:1994	STRUCTURAL USE OF STEELWORK IN BUILDING - PART 9: CODE OF PRACTICE FOR STRESSED SKIN DESIGN
BS 7608:1993	Code of practice for fatigue design and assessment of steel structures
BS 8004:1986	Code of practice for foundations
BS EN 10219-1:2006	Cold formed welded structural hollow sections of non-alloy and fine grain steels Technical delivery requirements
BS EN 10250-2:2000	Open steel die forgings for general engineering purposes Non-alloy quality and special steels
BS 4483:2005	Steel fabric for the reinforcement of concrete. Specification
BS EN 22553:1995	Welded, brazed and soldered joints. Symbolic representation on drawings
BS 7644-2:1993	Direct tension indicators Specification for nut face and bolt face washers
BS 4604-1:1970	SPECIFICATION FOR THE USE OF HIGH STRENGTH FRICTION GRIP BOLTS IN STRUCTURAL STEELWORK METRIC SERIES - PART 1: GENERAL GRADE
BS 4395-1:1969	Specification for high strength friction grip bolts and associated nuts and washers for structural engineering General grade
BS 6399-3(1988) : 1988	LOADING FOR BUILDINGS - PART 3: CODE OF PRACTICE FOR IMPOSED ROOF LOADS
ISO 2394:2015	General principles on reliability for structures
BS EN 10025:1993	Hot rolled products of non-alloy structural steels. Technical delivery conditions
BS EN 10113-3:1993	Hot-rolled products in weldable fine grain structural steels Delivery conditions for thermomechanical rolled steels
BS 8110-2:1985	STRUCTURAL USE OF CONCRETE - PART 2: CODE OF PRACTICE FOR SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
BS EN 10155:1993	Structural steels with improved atmospheric corrosion resistance. Technical delivery conditions
BS 4449(2005) : 2005	STEEL FOR THE REINFORCEMENT OF CONCRETE - WELDABLE REINFORCING STEEL - BAR, COIL AND DECOILED PRODUCT - SPECIFICATION
BS EN 10210-1:2006	Hot finished structural hollow sections of non-alloy and fine grain steels Technical delivery requirements
BS 5531:1988	Code of practice for safety in erecting structural frames
BS 7644-1:1993	Direct tension indicators. Specification for compressible washers
ISO 10721-2:1999	Steel structures — Part 2: Fabrication and erection
BS 5950-5:1998	STRUCTURAL USE OF STEELWORK IN BUILDING - PART 5: CODE OF PRACTICE FOR DESIGN OF COLD FORMED THIN GAUGE SECTIONS
BS 4604-2:1970	SPECIFICATION FOR THE USE OF HIGH STRENGTH FRICTION GRIP BOLTS IN STRUCTURAL STEELWORK - METRIC SERIES - HIGHER GRADE (PARALLEL SHANK)
BS EN 10137-2:1996	Plates and wide flats made of high yield strength structural steels in the quenched and tempered or precipitation hardened conditions Delivery conditions for quenched and tempered steels
BS 5950-3.1(1990) : 1990	STRUCTURAL USE OF STEELWORK IN BUILDING - PART 3: DESIGN IN COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION - SECTION 3.1: CODE OF PRACTICE FOR DESIGN OF SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS COMPOSITE BEAMS
BS 4395-2:1969	Specification for high strength friction grip bolts and associated nuts and washers for structural engineering Higher grade bolts and nuts and general grade washers
BS 5950-6(1995) : 1995	STRUCTURAL USE OF STEELWORK IN BUILDING - PART 6: CODE OF PRACTICE FOR DESIGN OF LIGHT GAUGE PROFILED STEEL SHEETING
DD ENV 1993-1.1 : DRAFT NOV 1992	EUROCODE 3 - DESIGN OF STEEL STRUCTURES - GENERAL RULES AND RULES FOR BUILDINGS (TOGETHER WITH UNITED KINGDOM NATIONAL APPLICATION DOCUMENT)
BS EN 10113-2:1993	Hot-rolled products in weldable fine grain structural steels Delivery conditions for normalized/normalized rolled steels
BS 7419:1991	Specification for holding down bolts
BS 8002:1994	Code of practice for earth retaining structures
BS EN 10002-1:2001	Tensile testing of metallic materials Method of test at ambient temperature
BS 449-2:1969	Specification for the use of structural steel in building Metric units
BS 6399-1:1996	LOADING FOR BUILDINGS - PART 1: CODE OF PRACTICE FOR DEAD AND IMPOSED LOADS