Article | REF: C2520 V2

Steel constructions - Assembly methods

Author: Jean-Pierre MUZEAU

Publication date: August 10, 2012, Review date: January 15, 2015

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ABSTRACT

This article is an introduction to two other documents concerning the assembly techniques used in steel construction. The first article deals with mechanical devices and the second with welding procedures. The present article introduces the general context of assembly techniques, their classification and the partial factors to be used according to Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures Part 1.8: Design of joints.

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AUTHOR

  • Jean-Pierre MUZEAU: Former student of the École Normale Supérieure de Cachan - Docteur d'Etat es Sciences Physiques – University Professor - Honorary Professor and former Head of the Civil Engineering Department at Polytech'Clermont-Ferrand - Chairman, APK (Association pour la Promotion de l'Enseignement de la Construction Acier)

 INTRODUCTION

While riveting has long been the assembly method of choice for metal structures, :

  • ordinary bolts ;

  • pretensioned bolts ;

  • weld seams.

Assemblies made with these products generally follow very different operating principles.

Two articles on the two main types of assembly follow:

  • [C 2 521] "Assembly by mechanical processes;

  • [C 2 522] "Welded assemblies".

The focus is solely on elementary assembly means (or assemblers): assemblies as a whole are covered in other articles.

At European regulatory level, steel construction assemblies are subject to the calculation rules set out in EN 1993-1-8, and must comply with the execution rules defined in EN 1090.

This first article is an introduction to the other two, mentioned above, presenting the general context of assemblies, notions concerning execution classes, and the partial coefficients to be used.

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KEYWORDS

connection device   |   connection component   |   connection classification   |   Eurocode 3


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