Steel Construction 1/2015: Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures – Present status and further developments

Together with standards for fabrication and erection and harmonized product standards, the structural Eurocodes form the basis for the design of structures and structural products. From April 2010 onwards, the Eurocodes are obligatory for the design of structures and the national design codes have to be withdrawn.

Eurocode 3 covers design of steel structures. This paper gives an overview of the context in which Eurocode 3 exists and of the accompanying codes. The various individual parts of Eurocode3 are mentioned. Attention will be paid to 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 when using Eurocode 3 and on the future developments that are needed.

Geomechanics and Tunnelling 1/2015: Surge tanks for high head hydropower plants - Hydraulic layout – New developments

High head hydropower plants can generate high electrical power at very short notice, or if equipped with pumps can also draw electricity from the distribution grid and store its energy very efficiently. In this way, hydropower plants can make an indispensable contribution to regulating the grid and the use of regenerative energy sources. Physically, this requires reservoirs at various altitudes connected through headraces.

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Mauerwerk - European Journal of Masonry 1/2015: The bending strength of masonry

Bending strength of masonry becomes an important design aspect especially when the walls subjected to lateral loads like, cellar walls which are subject to earth pressure, and façades/ infill walls which are exposed to the wind actions.

Bending strength is required wherever the applied load is perpendicular to the wall. It is also required in non-load-bearing partition walls, where the load applied in both the normal and perpendicular directions. Besides, the tensile properties of the brick/block and lengthwise parameters related to geometry and materials technology also influence the bending strength of masonry.

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New publications autumn 2015

New publications from the areas: engineering and steel construction. You can find detailed information on the individual product pages.

Steel Construction Issue 04/15

Cover Story: The servohydraulic biaxial testing machines of the Essen Laboratory for Lightweight Structures (ELLF), Institute for Metal and Lightweight Structures of University of Duisburg-Essen, have maximum loading capacities of 20 kN and 50 kN. The cruciform test specimens are biaxially loaded in the plane of the fabric. (see pp. 222−229). (© ELLF, Institute for Metal and Lightweight Structures, University of Duisburg-Essen)

Jubilee prize competition 2015

To celebrate 20 years of Christmas prize competition there is a special prize. The jubilee is celebrated by presenting a problem which is more challenging than usual, and by establishing a total prize of 10,000 Euro.

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European Journal of Masonry 05/15

Cover story: The Hamburg port warehouse complex, with its interconnecting network of streets, canals and bridges and the modern, brick-built architecture of the office building complex are of unusually universal value and the largest contiguous and unified warehouse complex in the world. (Photo: HHLA)

Geomechanics and Tunnelling 05/15

Cover story: EUROCK 2015 & 64th Geomechanics Colloquium.

The Austrian Society for Geomechanics has the pleasure to host the European Rock Mechanics Conference for the third time in Salzburg. We combine EUROCK with the traditional Geomechanics Colloquium, thus guaranteeing a very interesting combination of theory and practice and hopefully inspiring discussions. Photo: DSI

Structural Concrete Issue 03/15

Cover Story: “De Oversteek” in Nijmegen is a new 1,400m long bridge crossing the Waal River. It consists of different sections that were built using different construction techniques and was opened for traffic in November 2013.