I.S. EN 1993-1-8:2005

1 Introduction
  1.1 Scope
  1.2 Normative references
  1.3 Distinction between Principles and Application Rules
  1.4 Terms and definitions
  1.5 Symbols
2 Basis of design
  2.1 Assumptions
  2.2 General requirements
  2.3 Applied forces and moments
  2.4 Resistance of joints
  2.5 Design assumptions
  2.6 Joints loaded in shear subject to impact, vibration
       and/or load reversal
  2.7 Eccentricity at intersections
3 Connections made with bolts, rivets or pins
  3.1 Bolts, nuts and washers
       3.1.1 General
       3.1.2 Preloaded bolts
  3.2 Rivets
  3.3 Anchor bolts
  3.4 Categories of bolted connections
       3.4.1 Shear connections
       3.4.2 Tension connections
  3.5 Positioning of holes for bolts and rivets
  3.6 Design resistance of individual fasteners
       3.6.1 Bolts and rivets
       3.6.2 Injection bolts
  3.7 Group of fasteners
  3.8 Long joints
  3.9 Slip-resistant connections using 8.8 or 10.9 bolts
       3.9.1 Design Slip resistance
       3.9.2 Combined tension and shear
       3.9.3 Hybrid connections
  3.10 Deductions for fastener holes
       3.10.1 General
       3.10.2 Design for block tearing
       3.10.3 Angles connected by one leg and other
              unsymmetrically connected members in tension
       3.10.4 Lug angles
  3.11 Prying forces
  3.12 Distribution of forces between fasteners at the
       ultimate limit state
  3.13 Connections made with pins
       3.13.1 General
       3.13.2 Design of pins
4 Welded connections
  4.1 General
  4.2 Welding consumables
  4.3 Geometry and dimensions
       4.3.1 Type of weld
       4.3.2 Fillet welds
       4.3.3 Fillet welds all round
       4.3.4 Butt welds
       4.3.5 Plug welds
       4.3.6 Flare groove welds
  4.4 Welds with packings
  4.5 Design resistance of a fillet weld
       4.5.1 Length of welds
       4.5.2 Effective throat thickness
       4.5.3 Design Resistance of fillet welds
  4.6 Design resistance of fillet welds all round
  4.7 Design resistance of butt welds
       4.7.1 Full penetration butt welds
       4.7.2 Partial penetration butt welds
       4.7.3 T-butt joints
  4.8 Design resistance of plug welds
  4.9 Distribution of forces
  4.10 Connections to unstiffened flanges
  4.11 Long joints
  4.12 Eccentrically loaded single fillet or single-sided
       partial penetration butt welds
  4.13 Angles connected by one leg
  4.14 Welding in cold-formed zones
5 Analysis, classification and modelling
  5.1 Global analysis
       5.1.1 General
       5.1.2 Elastic global analysis
       5.1.3 Rigid-plastic global analysis
       5.1.4 Elastic- plastic global analysis
       5.1.5 Global analysis of lattice girders
  5.2 Classification of joints
       5.2.1 General
       5.2.2 Classification by stiffness
       5.2.3 Classification by strength
  5.3 Modelling of beam-to-column joints
6 Structural joints connecting H or I sections
  6.1 General
       6.1.1 Basis
       6.1.2 Structural properties
       6.1.3 Basic components of a joint
  6.2 Design Resistance
       6.2.1 Internal forces
       6.2.2 Shear forces
       6.2.3 Bending moments
       6.2.4 Equivalent T-stub in tension
       6.2.5 Equivalent T-stub in compression
       6.2.6 Design Resistance of basic components
       6.2.7 Design moment resistance of beam-to-column
              joints and splices
       6.2.8 Design resistance of column bases with base plates
  6.3 Rotational stiffness
       6.3.1 Basic model
       6.3.2 Stiffness coefficients for basic joint components
       6.3.3 End-plate joints with two or more bolt-rows in tension
       6.3.4 Column bases
  6.4 Rotation capacity
       6.4.1 General
       6.4.2 Bolted joints
       6.4.3 Welded Joints
7 Hollow section joints
  7.1 General
       7.1.1 Scope
       7.1.2 Field of application
  7.2 Design
       7.2.1 General
       7.2.2 Failure modes for hollow section joints
  7.3 Welds
       7.3.1 Design resistance
  7.4 Welded joints between CHS members
       7.4.1 General
       7.4.2 Uniplanar joints
       7.4.3 Multiplanar joints
  7.5 Welded joints between CHS or RHS brace members and
       RHS chord members
       7.5.1 General
       7.5.2 Uniplanar joints
       7.5.3 Multiplanar joints
  7.6 Welded joints between CHS or RHS brace members and
       I or H section chords
  7.7 Welded joints between CHS or RHS brace members and
       channel section chord members
Annex NA (informative) Irish National Annex to Eurocode 3:
         Design of steel structures - Part 1-8: Design of
         joints
Introduction
      NA.1 Scope
      NA.2 Nationally Determined Parameters

Provides design methods for the design of joints subject to predominantly static loading using steel grades S235, S275, S355 and S460.