Index

abbreviations, table 2.2, 40 bulb flat cross sections, 68

angle section bulb flats sizes, table 4.11, 68
backmarks, 63 butt weld shrinkage, 14
sizes, table 4.7, 61
areas, 161 cad modelling, 96
figure 6.1, 97
bars, mass of round & square sections, 148 cad connection library, figure 6.2, 98
beam splice details, figure 5.4, 87 cnc/rapid prototyping, figure 6.3, 100
beams, universal sizes, table 4.3, 55 camber distortion, 12
bolt edge distances, 72 centre of gravity, 161
bolt load capacities, 49 channel section sizes, table 4.6, 60
bolted connections, load capacity, circular arcs
table 3.1, 43 properties, 162
bolted trusses, figure 5.7, 90 worked example, 163
bolting, 20 clearances around highways and railways,
bolts figure 4.2, 77
black cold formed sections, 7
dimensions of, 53 column base
mechanical properties, table 4.1, 53 details, 48
details, 52 details of holding down bolts, 48
HSFG size and load capacity, 42
coronet load indicator, figure 1.26, 22 column splice detail, figure 5.3, 86
dimensions of, table 4.2, 54 columns, universal sizes, table 4.4, 58
mechanical properties, table 4.2, 54 composite railway bridge, figure 7.22, 124
types used in UK, table 1.10, 21 composite construction, figure 1.1, 2
braced frame geometry formula, 164 in building floors, 104
bracing details, figure 5.5, 88 computer aided detailing, 95
bridges, 121 computer draughting systems, 95
abutment detail, figure 7.28, 131 connection, load capacities, 41
cross sections typical details, 84
beams, figure 7.21, 123 connections, 15
box girders, figure 7.22, 124 beam to beam continuous, figure 5.2, 85
railway, figure 7.22, 124 beam to column continuous, figure 5.1, 84
parapet rail details, figure 7.24, 126 beam to column simple, figure 5.1, 84
precamber sketch, figure 7.25, 129 beam to column with angle cleats, 44
splice detail, figure 7.29, 132 beam to column with end plates, 44
building materials, self weights, 156 bracing details, figure 5.5, 88
buildings, 34 dos and don'ts, figure 1.27, 24, 25

Steel Detailers' Manual, Third Edition. Alan Hayward and Frank Weare. Third edition revised by Anthony Oakhill.
© 2011 Alan Hayward, Frank Weare andAnthony Oakhill. Published 2011 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd. ISBN: 978-1-405-17521-0
168 INDEX

connections (Continued) footbridges

hollow sections, figure 5.6, 89 cross sections, figure 7.23, 125
hot rolled and hollow tubes, figure 1.18, 17 handrail details, 125
moment/rotation, figure 1.15, 15 foundations, interface with structure, 16
precast concrete floors, figure 5.11, 94
simple, table 3.1, 43 gable ends -- portal frame building, figure 7.9, 108
site locations, figure 1.17, 16 galvanizing, 30
simple and continuous, figure 1.16, 16 girders
steel to timber, figure 5.10, 93 gantry girders, 107
worked examples, 41 lattice girders, 91
conversion of units, 153 grit blasting, 30
corrosion, dos and don'ts, figure 1.29, 28
crane gantry girder details, figure 7.8, 107 headroom requirements, 77
crane rail cross section, 69 highway
crane rails, table 4.12, 69 clearances, figure 4.2, 77
curved sections (about major axis), sign gantry, 135
table 1.7, 7 holding down bolts, 39
hollow sections
design guidance, 41 circular sizes, table 4.10, 66
detailing rectangular sizes, table 4.9, 65
abbreviations, 40 square sizes, table 4.8, 64
bolts, 39 weld preparations, figure 4.5, 80
conventions, 37 HSFG bolts, 22
data, 52 dimensions, 54
opposite handing, 39 load capacity, 54
welds, 39 HSFG power wrench details, 71
dimensional variations, table 1.8, 12
dimensions, 36 joist section sizes, table 4.5, 58
drawing
layout, figure 2.1, 36, 37 ladders, layout, figure 4.1, 75
marking system, figure 2.2, 38 lamellar tearing, 19
projection, 37 details, figure 1.24, 20
revisions, 37 lattice girders, figure 5.8, 91
scales, 37 lettering on drawings, 36
drawings, 30 lifting beam, figure 7.30, 134
durbar floor plate, table 4.14, 73 load factors and combinations, 34

electric overhead travelling cranes, 107 marking system, figure 2.1, 37

engineer's drawings, 30 materials
environmental conditions, effect on steel, 32 self properties, 159
erection self weights, 156
lifting beam, 134 metal coatings, 30
marks, 38 multi-storey frame buildings, 102

fabrication sequence, 18 natural light requirements, 106

fire protection, board connection, figure 7.6, 105
fire resistance, 105 omnia plank, connection to beams, figure 5.11, 94
flats, mass of, 149
floor plates, 73 packaged materials self weight, 158
floors, self weights, 160 paint treatments, 31
INDEX 169

plate girder multi-storey frame buildings, 102

cross section details, figure 7.26, 129 portal frame buildings, 107
splice detail, figure 7.29, 132 roof over reservoir, 115
plates, available lengths single span highway bridge, 128
normalised condition, table 4.15, 82 single-storey frame buildings, 106
normalised rolled condition, table 4.16, 83 staircase, 139
portal frame building tower, 117
details, 110 vessel support structure, 110
gable ends, figure 7.10, 110 symbols, the Greek alphabet, 161
roof bracing, figure 7.10, 110
portal frame buildings, 107 timber, connection to steelwork, 93
precamber for simply supported beam, 163 tolerances, 8
projection -- third angle, 37 rolled sections, figure 1.8, 13
protective treatment, 24 tower structure, 117
systems, table 1.13, 31 transport sizes, maximum, figure 4.3, 78
purlins -- cold rolled sections, 109 truss details, bolted and welded, figure 5.7, 90
tube sizes, see hollow sections, 64
railway clearance, figure 4.2, 77 twisting of angles and channels, figure 1.5, 8
references, 143
rolled sections, tolerances and effects, units, conversion table, 153
figure 1.8, 13 universal beam, hole spacing, 55
roof over reservoir, 114 universal column
hole spacing, 58
single storey building, cross sections, figure 7.7, 106 sizes, 58
single storey buildings, 106
site bolting, 16 vessel support structure, 110
site welding, 16 volumes, 161
splice detail, bridge plate girder, 132
splices walkways, see stairs and ladders, 75
in beams, figure 5.4, 87 walls and partitions, self weights, 160
in columns, figure 5.3, 86 weld
in hollow sections, figure 5.6, 89 load capacities, table 3.7, 51
staircase, 139 preparation details, figure 4.5, 80
stairs, layout, figure 4.1, 75 process, table 1.9, 19
steel shrinkage, worked example, 12
advantages of its use, 1 size considerations, 18
guidance on grades, table 1.4, 5 symbols, figure 4.4, 79
main use of steel grades, table 1.3, 4 type choice, 19
properties, table 1.2, 4 types, fillet and butt welds, 18
recommended grades, 3 welded trusses, figure 5.7, 90
requirements, 2 welding, 16
stress strain curve, 3 welding distortion, 8
weather resistant types, 4 worked example for plate girder, 12
step ladders, 76 welding distortions, figure 1.7, 11
structural shapes, figure 1.6, 6, 9 wire gauges, standard, 161
structural tolerances, 8 workshop drawing
structures beam detail, figure 7.4, 104
bridges, 121 column detail, figure 7.5, 105
highway sign gantry, 135 workshop drawings, 33