Proposed corrections for en 1993-1-8, Part & quot;Hollow Section Joints & quot;

Abstract

The current EN 1993-1-8 (2005) recommendations are based on the IIW recommendations of 1989 (IIW 1989) and the CIDECT Design Guides 1 and 3 (Wardenier et al. 1991, Packer et al. 1992). Recently, in 2008 and 2009, IIW and CIDECT revised their recommendations (Zhao et al. 2008, ISO 2009, Wardenier et al. 2008, Packer et al. 2009). The recommendations of both organisations are consistent with each other and have also been accepted as Draft ISO recommendations (ISO 14346 2009). In principle, it has been agreed to include these new recommendations also in the next revision (amendment) of EN 1993-1-8. The proposed corrections dealt with in this paper should be included as soon as possible to cover errors, parts which are not clear, corrections related to the extension of the recommendations to S460 and corrections resulting from research of the last 10 years which showed that otherwise the safety level would be lower than expected. © 2012 Taylor & Francis Group, London.