Introduction
Today designers are utilising the combined use of steel and concrete material in the form of composite construction as an attractive alternative to steel or RC structures. Designers of steel structures also acknowledge that the presence of concrete slabs could be designed compositely with steel beams in order to increase both flexural strength and stiffness at virtually no extra cost, except for the cost of the headed shear studs.
Currently, design of composite construction in the UK is covered by BS5950, Part 3, but will soon be replaced by the new European Standard, BS EN1994-1-1 (Eurocode 4). In this presentation, an overview of the Eurocode 4 structure and its contents are presented. The Eurocode treatment to the design of composite beams with metal deck flooring and composite beams with precast hollowcore slabs will be given.
Course Content
• Introduction to composite design and Eurocode 4
• Shear connection
• Design of composite beam with metal deck flooring
• Design of composite beam with precast hollowcore slabs
• Design examples
Speaker/s
• DR DENNIS LAM, BEng, MPhil, PhDCEng, FIStructE, MICE, MASCE, MIMgt, is the Senior Lecturer for the School of Civil Engineering at the University of Leeds, UK. He holds BEng and MPhil degrees from the University of Sheffield and a PhD degree from the University of Nottingham.
His research areas encompass steel, concrete and composite structures, numerical methods and structural mechanics. He is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers and member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He was formerly Chief Structural Engineer for the City of Wakefield prior to joining Leeds University.
During his eleven years in engineering practice, he has had extensive experience in the design of public buildings.
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