Dubai
Dubai
(OP)
I am reviewing drawings that were engineered in Dubai. I am not familiar with designs in Europe or anywhere else only America. Where can I find section properties for beams called out as UB 178x102x10 etc.. They refer to a building code called BS 5950, what is this? Any help would be appreciated.






RE: Dubai
RE: Dubai
RE: Dubai
RE: Dubai
The links down the left side will give you the section properties, local moment capacity, lateral buckling capacity, tensile and compressive capacity when assessed using BS 5950.
RE: Dubai
RE: Dubai
RE: Dubai
As this is designed to BS 5950 you might also need supporting UK codes. There is a strong possibility that the wind forces will be calculated to the old, obsolete, UK code CP3 Ch5. You should check this as the current UK code BS6399 might not be usable for Dubai...
Steel data interms of section properties is available as Ussuri says. Again, be careful of steel grade. BS5950 assumes a minimum yeild strength steel of 275N/mm2. This is higher that US steel. The middle east is full of steel supplied to US standards so you might need to pro-rate stress values. Generally this is simple but do pay attention to the reduction in stress with material thickness.