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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    Superseded date:  31-08-2010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

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Cooperating organizations
    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

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    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.

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    Committee CB/203
    Development Note Supersedes 87/12550 DC (06/2004)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By

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