A comparison between British and European design codes for cold-formed thin-gauged structures

摘要

This paper presents the results of a comparative study between BS5950 and the ENV (prestandard) version of Eurocode 3 Part 1.3 for the design of cold-formed thin-gauged steel structures. Both documents deal with most subjects in a similar fashion and where there is a difference in their treatments, the final results are generally in close agreement. However, the results of the comparative study also revealed a number of discrepancies between these two codes. These are described in detail in this paper.