Worked Examples For The Design Of Steel Structures (Eurocode)

Features

• Provides detailed calculations, reinforcement drawings, and commentaries on bar arrangements throughout
• Includes alternative forms of construction for superstructure and foundations
• Supplies original tables for the analysis of basements and tanks bearing on elastic soils
• Includes more than 237 illustrations and numerous tables
• Offers an analysis of a cylindrical tank that considers thermal actions due to variations in ambient and water temperature
• Explains analysis methods and design procedures fully, with reference to the appropriate standards

Summary

This practical design guide illustrates through worked examples how Eurocode 2 may be used in practice. Complete and detailed designs of six archetypal building and public utility structures are provided. The book caters to students and engineers with little or no practical experience of design, as well as to more experienced engineers who may be unfamiliar with Eurocode 2.

Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the Structural Eurocodes, with particular reference to actions on structures. Chapter 2 describes the principles, requirements and methods used for the design of members. This is followed by worked examples for the following structures:

A multi-storey office building with three forms of floor construction

A basement to the office building with three types of foundations

A free-standing cantilever earth-retaining wall

A large underground service reservoir

An open-top rectangular tank on an elastic soil

An open-top cylindrical tank on an elastic soil

In addition to the design of all the elements, the analysis of each structure is fully explained. This applies particularly to the design of the basement, and the tanks bearing on elastic soils, for which specially derived tables are included in appendices to the book. The calculations are complemented by reinforcement drawings in accordance with the recommendations in the third edition (2006) of the Standard method of detailing structural concrete, with commentaries on the bar arrangements.

This book can be used as a stand-alone publication, or as a more detailed companion to Reynolds�s Reinforced Concrete Designer�s Handbook, now in its 11th edition. The comprehensive treatment of the designs, and the variety of structures considered, make this a unique and invaluable work.