Steel joints

_____ 1 Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 GENERAL 1.1.1 Aims of the book The aim of the present book is threefold: To provide designers with practical guidance and tools for the – design of steel joints; To point out the importance of structural joints on the response of – steel structures and to show how the actual behaviour of joints may be incorporated into the structural design and analysis process; To illustrate the possibilities of producing more economical – structures using the new approaches offered in the European code of practice for the design of steel structures, Eurocode 3 (EN 1993) as far as structural joints are concerned. The organisation of the book reflects the belief that, in addition to the sizing of the members (beams and columns), consideration should also be given to the joint characteristics throughout the design process. This approach, despite the novelty it may present to many designers, is shown to be relatively easy to integrate into everyday practice using currently available design tools. Hence the present book addresses design methodology, structural analysis, joint behaviour and design checks, at different levels: Presentation and discussion of concepts; – Practical guidance and design tools. –

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