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BS 449-2:1969

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Specification for the use of structural steel in building Metric units

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

31-08-2010

Language(s)

English

Published date

16-10-1995

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Foreword
Economy in design
1. Scope
Chapter 1. Definitions
2. Definitions
Chapter 2. Materials
3. Structural steel and electrodes
4. Other materials
5. Standard dimensions
Chapter 3. Loads
6. Dead loads and imposed loads
7. Dynamic loads
8. Temperature range
Chapter 4. Design and details of construction
A. General
9. Steel framework
10. Resistance to horizontal forces
11. Foundations
12. Minimum thickness of metal
13. Stresses due to wind forces
14. Combined stresses
15. Deflection of beams
16. Overhang of walls
17. Sectional areas
18. Separators and diaphragms
B. Design of members subject to bending
19. Bending stresses (beams other than plate girders)
20. Bending stresses (plate girders)
21. Bending stresses (cased beams)
22. Bearing stress
23. Shear stresses
24. Effective span of beams
25. Maximum slenderness ratio of compression flanges
26. Effective length of compression flanges for beams
    and girders
27. Beams with solid webs including plate girders
28. Web stiffeners
29. Filler joists
C. Design of compression members
30. Axial stresses in struts
31. Effective length of compression members
32. Design details
33. Maximum slenderness ratio of struts
34. Eccentricity for stanchions and solid columns
35. Lacing and battening
36. Battened compression members
37. Compression members composed of two components
    back-to-back
38. Stanchion and column bases
39. Base plates and bearing plates
40. Grillage foundations
D. Design of tension members
41. Axial stresses in tension
42. Tensile stresses for angles, tees and channels
E. Constructional details
43. Braced frames and trusses
44. Roof trusses
45. Purlins
46. Side and end sheeting rails
47. Steel castings
48. Connections
49. Lug angles
F. Riveting and bolting
50. Allowable stresses in rivets and bolts
51. Rivets and riveting
52. Bolts and bolting
G. Welds and welding
53. Allowable stresses in welds
54. Design of welds
Chapter 5. Fabrication and erection
55. Inspection
H. Work off site
56. Straightness
57. Clearances
58. Cutting
59. Holing
60. Assembly
61. Riveting
62. Bolting
63. Welding
64. Qualification and testing of welder
65. Flattened ends of tubes
66. Machining of butts, caps and bases
67. Slab bases and caps
68. Solid round steel columns
69. Marking
70. Painting
J. Work on site
71. Plant and equipment
72. Storing and handling
73. Setting out
74. Security during erection
75. Painting after erection
76. Bedding of stanchion bases, bedding and encasing
    of grillage beams and bearings of beams and girders
Chapter 6. Tests for use in the approval of welders
77. Tests
Appendix A - Loading tests
Appendix B - Formula from which Table 17 has been derived
Appendix C - Determination of the length of the curve of
             intersection of a tube with another tube or with
             a flat plate
Appendix D - Effective length of stanchions
Appendix E - General recommendations for steelwork tenders and
             Contracts
List of references

Deals with the use in building of hot rolled sections, plates and normalized tubular shapes, the steel of which complies with the requirements of BS 4360.

Committee
CB/203
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 87/12550 DC (06/2004)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
31
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Superseded
SupersededBy

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