Steel Buildings in Europe

Part 5: Detailed Design of Trusses 5 - 12  Use of the roof to stabilise certain structural elements. The flowchart below illustrates the main steps in the design of a structural element. DATA CHOICE OF GLOBAL ANALYSIS MEMBER RESISTANCE VERIFICATION CONNECTIONS RESISTANCE VERIFICATION EC3-1-8 EC3-1-1 Contractual data  Geometrical data  Incidence of neighbouring construction  Obligations or restrictions in choice of sections  Nature and position of permanent loads  Nature and position of imposed loads  Stabilising role of envelope Regulatory data and Standards  Climatic loads  Seismic loads  Exploitation loads  … SLS VERIFICATION CRITERIA CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 EC1 EC8 Figure 2.1 Flowchart for the design of a structural element 2.2 Description of the worked example The worked example that is the subject of subsequent Sections is a large span truss supporting the roof of an industrial building, by means of purlins in the form of trusses. This example is directly transposed from a real construction and has been simplified in order to clarify the overview.