Erratum to “Efficiency of Eurocode 8 design rules for steel and steel–concrete composite structures” [Journal of Constructional Steel Research 112 (2015) 108–129]

2015 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. 431 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Braconi ◽  
S. Caprili ◽  
H. Degee ◽  
M. Guendel ◽  
M. Hjiaj ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Composite Structures ◽  
Constructional Steel ◽  
Eurocode 8 ◽  
Design Rules ◽  
Steel Research

Efficiency of Eurocode 8 design rules for steel and steel-concrete composite structures

2015 ◽  
Vol 112 ◽  
pp. 108-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Braconi ◽  
S. Caprili ◽  
H. Degee ◽  
M. Guendel ◽  
M. Hjiaj ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Composite Structures ◽  
Eurocode 8 ◽  
Design Rules

scholarly journals A Rapid Method for Reliability Analysis of Composite Tophat Stiffened Structures Using a First Principles Method and Design Rules

2014 ◽  
Vol 156 (A1) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Reliability Analysis ◽  
First Principles ◽  
Composite Structures ◽  
Time Frame ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
Design Rules ◽  
Low Weight ◽  
Stiffened Structures ◽  
Short Time ◽  
First Principles Method

Composite materials are increasingly being used within engineering, especially in low weight applications. A significant drawback that these materials exhibit is their variability. There is a growing trend towards stochastic analysis of marine structures and this is even more important for scenarios that have a high variability. To implement these new techniques it is important to be able to, rapidly and accurately, determine reliability during the design phase. Therefore, a reliability analysis, utilising a rapid implementation, has been performed on plates that have been designed using two different sets of design rules and a first principles method. The results show that whilst, under the limits investigated, the reliability of the design rules are slightly safer than those found using first principles; the sensitivity analysis shows that each of the design rules generates a different reaction from each variable, encouraging different types of structures through their idiosyncrasies. Furthermore the method shown allows a rapid analysis to be performed on complex composite structures in a relatively short time frame using either first principles methods or design rules.

scholarly journals Characterisation of beam-to-column composite joints beyond current Eurocode provisions

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-François Demonceau
Keyword(s):  
Composite Structures ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Technical Committee ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Composite Joints ◽  
Bending Moments ◽  
Axial Loads ◽  
Rotational Stiffness ◽  
Design Rules ◽  
Recent Developments

In EN 1994-1, design rules are given for the evaluation of the mechanical properties of structural steel-concrete composite joints (rotational stiffness, resistance and ductility) based on the component method offered in EN 1993-1-8 and adding specific components for composite joints. These rules cover only the situations for the joints subjected to shear forces and hogging moments. However, during the last decades, researches have been conducted on the behaviour of composite joints subjected to different kind of actions such as sagging bending moments, cyclic loadings, combined bending moments and axial loads, elevated temperatures etc. with the objective of improving/extending the rules presently proposed in the Eurocodes design rules. As an outcome of the Technical Committee 11 of the European Convention of Constructional Steelwork (ECCS) dedicated to the behaviour of composite structures, a publication summarising these recent developments and their main outcomes is under finalisation. Within the present paper, it is proposed to highlight these main outcomes which could be seen as proposals for future improvements of the beam-to-column provisions in Eurocodes in general and of Eurocode 4 in particular.

scholarly journals Evolution of EC8 Seismic Design Rules for X Concentric Bracings

Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 1807
Author(s):  
Alessia Campiche ◽  
Silvia Costanzo
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Design ◽  
Structural Engineering ◽  
Design Procedure ◽  
Eurocode 8 ◽  
Braced Frames ◽  
Concentrically Braced Frames ◽  
Design Rules ◽  
Factor Ii ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Seismic Area

Eurocodes are currently under revision within a six-year program by CEN/TC 250. In this framework, concentric bracings, particularly in cross configuration, have been largely debated; indeed, several criticisms affect the seismic design procedure currently codified within Eurocode 8, entailing significant design efforts and leading to massive and non-economical structural systems, even characterized by poor seismic behavior. The efforts of SC8 have been aimed at improving the codified seismic design criteria for concentrically braced frames, by providing requirements and detailing rules conceived to simplify the design process and to improve the seismic performance. The current paper provides recent advances in the field of computational and structural engineering focusing on symmetric X concentrically bracings in seismic area, outlining the evolution of Eurocode 8 (EC8) seismic design rules, by examining the following aspects: (i) ductility class and behavior factor, (ii) analysis and modelling aspects, (iii) design of dissipative members; (iv) design of non-dissipative zones; (v) brace-to-frame connections.

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