Design of Steel Structures to Eurocode 3 - The Essentials

This one-day course considers the key changes between BS5950 and Eurocode 3, illustrating the design challenges through presentation, discussion and tutorial, and offers expert advice and opinion on the practical application of the new European design codes. The emphasis is on buildings and the provisions of the Part 1.1: General rules and rules for buildings of EN 1993. The course provides background to the structural behaviour and explanation of the codified treatment, including departure from existing practice (BS 5950), illustrating with worked example