doi:10.3850/978-981-08-6218-3_key-1
The Use of Eurocode 3 in the Design of Steel Structures and Developments Towards the Application of High Performance Steel
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Prof. Ir. Frans Bijlaard Structural and Building Engineering Delft University of Technology Delft, The Netherlands. f.s.k.bijlaard@tudelft.nl |
Biography
Prof. Ir. Frans Bijlaard is currently professor of steel structures with the Department of Civil Engineering & Geosciences at Delft University of Technology. He is head of the Section of Buildings and Civil Engineering Structrures and Chairman of the Department of Building and Structural Engineering (until November 2009).
His main specialties are on stability of steel structures, structural behaviour of joints in steel structures and design of steel structures in general. He is author of many scientific publications and reports.
He was chairman of the Dutch Society “Bouwen met Staal” from 2000-2007. He is Chairman of the ECCS-Technical Committee TC10 “Structural Steel Connections” and he is Chairman of CEN-TC250-SC3 “Design of Steel Structures”. He is active professionally by providing advisory services and presenting advanced courses.
Abstract
Together with standards for fabrication and erection and harmonized product standards the structural Eurocodes form the bases for the design of structures and structural products. Eurocode 3 “Design of Steel Structures” covers in fact not the design of steel structures but contains rules to verify the structural safety. This paper gives an overview of the context in which Eurocode 3 exists and of the accompanying codes. Attention is paid on the safety elements such as the partial safety factors for strength and stability. The National Annexes are discussed. Furthermore corrections and amendments are mentioned and finally an opinion is presented on the possibilities and difficulties the practitioners will experience using the Eurocode 3 and on the future developments more specifically with respect to the application of very high strength steel.
