STRUCTURAL MEMBER STABILITY IN THE SECOND GENERATION OF EUROCODE 3

The Keynote on structural member stability in Eurocode 3 addresses the following topics in detail:

1.General background to the development of

• the second generation of Structural Eurocodes
• prEN 1993-1-1:2020

2.Enhancing “ease of use” for structural analysis (methods of analysis for ultimate limit state design checks)

3.Improvements to

• classification of cross-sections
• design rules for semi-compact sections
• imperfections
• design rules for lateral torsional buckling

4.Extension and innovation of

• the scope of stability verifications
• circular and elliptical hollow sections
• buckling curves for heavy sections, for angles and for hot rolled I- and H- sections in grade S460
• local load introduction without stiffeners
• Annex E: Basis of the calibration of partial factors

Referenten: Prof. Markus Knobloch, Prof. Ulrike Kuhlmann, Prof. Andreas Taras et al.