Some important changes due to a new code, EN 1993-1-5: 2006

Buckling – an instability phenomenon to reckon with

Page 3: This text is to be added for class 3 cross-sections:

For unsymmetrical cross-sections – e.g. by having a wider compression flange

(than the tension flange) – yielding is accepted for the tensile stresses, however,
the stresses at the compressive side limited to the yield strength at the extreme
fibre. Where only the web is in class 3, and the compression flange is either in
class 1 or 2, the Eurocode accepts that the properties are based on an effective
class 2 cross-section, where complete yielding of the entire cross-section is
accepted, with the exception of a central part of the web subjected to
compression, which is neglected.

Page 21: The note under the expressions for the shear buckling coefficient should be:

The plate width is here designated d instead of b. In the Eurocode it is

designated h.

Page 128: The last sentence before the expression for the design crippling resistance
should be:

The expression presented in the first edition of the prestandard (ENV 1993-1-1)
for the design crippling resistance was:

Page 133: A new procedure to calculate the design resistance for concentrated
(transverse) loads is to be added after the sentence; “A result that correlates
very well with the result of the FE-analysis!”

See attached pages (4.3 Concentrated loads).

Page 152: The last sentence before the expression for the strength of the tension field
should be:

This strength was defined in the Eurocode (the first edition of the prestandard)
to:

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Page 154: The first paragraph should be completed with the following sentence and figure:

The rigid end post is acting as a short beam, resisting the horizontal component
of the tension field band:

Page 154: The last paragraph should be:

In the Eurocode (the first version of the prestandard), the maximum possible
capacity of the tension field was reduced to 90 % of the calculated maximum
value. Two design methods were also given:

Page 159: After the shear buckling coefficient values for different stiffener configuration a
new procedure to calculate the shear force capacity is to be added.

See attached pages (4.4 Shear buckling).

Page 226: See attached new solution to example 10.

Page 230: See attached new solution to example 11.

Page 237: See attached new solution (and new version) of example 12.

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