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EN 1993 Eurocode 3 applies to the design of buildings and other civil engineering works in steel. It complies with the principles and requirements for the safety and serviceability of structures, the basis of their design and verification that are given in EN 1990 – Basis of structural design. EN Eurocode 3 is concerned with requirements for resistance, serviceability, durability and fire resistance of steel structures.

EN Eurocode 3 is wider in scope than most of the other design EN Eurocodes due to the diversity of steel structures, the need to cover both bolted and welded joints and the possible slenderness of construction. EN 1993 has about 20 parts covering common rules, fire design, bridges, buildings, tanks, silos, pipelines, piling, crane supported structures, towers and masts, chimneys, etc.

EN Eurocode 3 is intended to be used in conjunction with:

  • EN 1990: Eurocode - Basis of structural design;
  • EN 1991: Eurocode 1 - Actions on structures;
  • ENs, ETAGs and ETAs for construction products relevant for steel structures;
  • EN 1090: Execution of steel structures - Technical requirements;
  • EN 1992 to EN 1999 when steel structures or steel components are referred to.

Parts

EN 1993-1-1:2005Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures - Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings
EN 1993-1-2:2005Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures - Part 1-2: General rules - Structural fire design
EN 1993-1-3:2006Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures - Part 1-3: General rules - Supplementary rules for cold-formed members and sheeting
EN 1993-1-4:2006Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures - Part 1-4: General rules - Supplementary rules for stainless steels
EN 1993-1-5:2006Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures - Part 1-5: General rules - Plated structural elements
EN 1993-1-6:2007Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures - Part 1-6: Strength and stability of shell structures
EN 1993-1-7:2007Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures - Part 1-7: Strength and stability of planar plated structures subject to out of plane loading
EN 1993-1-8:2005Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures - Part 1-8: Design of joints
EN 1993-1-9:2005Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures - Part 1-9: Fatigue
EN 1993-1-10:2005Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures - Part 1-10: Material toughness and through-thickness properties
EN 1993-1-11:2006Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures - Part 1-11: Design of structures with tension components
EN 1993-1-12:2007Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures - Part 1-12: General - High strength steels
EN 1993-2:2006Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures - Part 2: Steel bridges
EN 1993-3-1:2006Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures - Part 3-1: Towers, masts and chimneys – Towers and masts
EN 1993-3-2:2006Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures - Part 3-2: Towers, masts and chimneys – Chimneys
EN 1993-4-1:2007Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures - Part 4-1: Silos
EN 1993-4-2:2007Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures - Part 4-2: Tanks
EN 1993-4-3:2007Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures - Part 4-3: Pipelines
EN 1993-5:2007Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures - Part 5: Piling
EN 1993-6:2007Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures - Part 6: Crane supporting structures

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Publications

Design of Joints in Steel Structures - UK Edition

This book is the second in a series of joint SCI-ECCS publications. It will help provide UK engineers and designers with a better understanding of the design principles in the European Code of…

Design of joints in steel and composite structures

This volume elucidates the design rules for connections in steel and composite structures which are set out in Eurocode 3 and 4. Numerous examples illustrate the application of the respective design rule.

Design of Steel Structures

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Workshops

Bridge design with Eurocodes

The main objective of the seminar is to promote the adoption of the Eurocodes for bridge design in Russia and facilitate further

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