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Steel Design 2 (Eurocode)

One portal frame building from layout to the last joint, to the Eurocodes: loads and bracing, cold-formed purlins and girts, rafters and columns as beam-columns, the eaves haunch, the apex and the base. It builds on Steel Design 1 (Eurocode) and uses the STATIX calculators on their Eurocode routes.

Lessons

Lesson 1The portal frame buildingLayout, frames, purlins, girts and bracing, the gravity and wind load paths, restraint, and EN 1990 combinations for a light roof. Lesson 2Purlins, girts and cold-formed sectionsBy hand to EN 1993-1-3: effective widths, distortional buckling of the lipped flange, the effective section and purlins restrained by sheeting. Lesson 3Rafters and columns as beam-columnsPortal actions, αcr and sway imperfections, buckling lengths, purlins and fly braces, uplift and serviceability. Lesson 4The eaves haunch connectionWhy a haunch, bolt rows and T-stubs, Mj,Rd, the compression zone, panel shear, stiffeners, welds and reversal under uplift. Lesson 5The apex connection and the baseThe apex under gravity and uplift, the pinned base, anchors to EN 1992-4 and shear transfer.

Who it is for

  • Students and graduate engineers who have done a first steel course to the Eurocodes.
  • Engineers new to portal frames and cold-formed steel on Eurocode projects.
  • Engineers who know the SA codes: every lesson links its twin in Steel Design 2.

Before this course

It builds on Steel Design 1 (Eurocode) (members, bolts, welds and base plates) and does not repeat it.

Which values the lessons use

The lessons follow the calculators’ Eurocode routes with the recommended values: EN 1990 equation 6.10 with the partial factors of Table A1.2(B), the imposed roof load of EN 1991-1-1 Table 6.10, EN 1991-1-4 wind with co = 1 and ρ = 1.25 kg/m³, and the partial factors of EN 1993. Each lesson says which values it uses, so you can compare them with your own country’s annex.

The STATIX tools it uses

  • The wind load calculator (EN 1991-1-4).
  • The steel member calculator (EN 1993-1-1).
  • The eaves haunch and apex haunch calculators (EN 1993-1-8) and the base plate calculator (EN 1993-1-8 + EN 1992-4).
  • The cold-formed purlin and member calculators work to SANS 10162-2 only, so the cold-formed lesson works by hand to EN 1993-1-3.

How each lesson works

  • Learning outcomes and what you need before you start.
  • Short theory with many sketches, with clause numbers to look up in your own copy of the code.
  • Worked examples by hand, every number shown, checked against the STATIX calculators.
  • The same problem in a STATIX calculator, where it has a Eurocode route.
  • Exercises with answers, a short self-check quiz and the lesson on one page.

Universities and colleges

Universities and colleges: one licence for the department; students sign in with their university email. Lecturers can use the lessons and the calculators in class and in tutorials.

Course material for learning. Check every value against the current codes and have every design checked by a registered professional engineer.

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