Chapter 1 DESIGN TO BS5950-1 Introduction to BS 5950-1 and Limit State Concept ‘CaMy Document!CEB16‘MLectareNNotes0 rio to 5950 docContents 1 Introduction 1.1 Design methods 2 Properties of steel 3. Limit State Design 3.1 General 3.2. Variation in material strength 3.3 Variation in load 4, Limit States 5. Ultimate limit states 5.1 Application of load factors 6. Serviceability limit states 6.1 Deformation 7.0 Summary of design procedure Chay Document CES 1641 eturerNotes Ln 0 BSE950.docDESIGN TO BS 5950- 1 Introduction to BS 5950-1 and Limit State Concept 1 Introduction This Part of BS 5950 supersedes BS 5950-1 1990, which is withdrawn. This edition introduces technical changes based on a review of the standard but it does not constitute a full revision, ‘This new edition has been prepared following the issue of a number of new related standards adopting European or International standards for materials and processes, plus revisions to standards for loading, It also reflects the transfer of cold formed structural hollow sections from BS 5950-5 to BS5950-1. Clauses updated technically include those for sway stability, avoidance of disproportionate collapse, resistance to brittle fracture, Local buckling, lateral-torsional buckling, shear resistance, stiffeners, members subject to combined axial force and bending moment, joints, connections and testing, In all cases the reason for changing the recommendations on 2 topic is structural safety, but where possible some adjustments based on improved knowledge have also been made to the recommendations on these topics to offset potential reductions in economy, BS 5950 is part ofa group of codes dealing with the design of structural steelwork: Part 1: Code of practice for design of rolled and welded sections Part Specification for materials; fabrication and erection, rolled and welded sections Part 3 Design in composite construction Section 3.1 Code of practice for the design of simple and continuous ‘composite beams Part 4 Code of practice for the design of composite slabs with profiled steel sheeting, Part 5 Code of practice for the design of cold-formed thin guage sections Part 6 Code of practice for design of light gauge profiled steel sheeting Part 7 Specification for materials fabrication and erection of cold-formed sections and sheeting, Part 8 Code of practice for fire resistant design Part 9 Code of practice for stressed skin design It should be noted that all these parts are Codes of Practice except for Parts 2 and 7, which are Specifications. This distinction is made because, in order for the design rules in the codes to be valid, the steel, the fabrication and erection must be of a specified quality. For example, the rules for compression members in part lare written assuming that the members are within ‘CaMy Dovuments\CED/6N\LeturerNotestOL Ino to BSS9S0 doe -3-