Reference Type:  Journal Article
Record Number: 1
Author: Nethercot, D. A.
Year: 2006
Title: Structural steel design codes: vehicles for improving practice or for implementing research?
Journal: Advanced Steel Construction
Volume: 3
Issue: 1
Pages: 12
Start Page: 431
Short Title: Structural steel design codes: vehicles for improving practice or for implementing research?
DOI: 10.18057/IJASC.2007.3.1.2
Keywords: codes of practice, design, steel structures, structural engineering
Abstract: Drawing on over 30 years of personal involvement with the preparation of codes of practice for structural steel design, the issue of academic elegance versus practitioner practicality is discussed. Several examples taken from recently produced codes are used to illustrate different manifestations of the issue.   The matter is discussed within the wider context of both the growing internationalisation of codes and the substantial supporting infrastructure needed by designers to efficiently implement their provisions.   Although the specifics relate largely to the design of steel buildings in the UK and the wider European context, it is thought that the points stated, lessons learned and recommendations made are of general relevance.
Author Address: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, UK