CONSTRUCTION

WITH HOLLOW STEEL

SECTIONS

Edited by: Comité lnternational pour le Développement et l'Etude

de la Construction Tubulaire
Authors: Jaap Wardenier, Delft University of Technology
Dipak Dutta, Technical Commission of CIDECT
Noel Yeomans, Chairman CIDECT Joint and Fatigue Working Group
Jeffrey A. Packer, University of Toronto
Ómer Bucak, University of Munich
K. Sakae, Nippon Steel Metal Products
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Design guide for fabrication, assembly and erection

of hollow section structures / D. Dutta ... - Kóln:
TÜV-Verlag, 1998
ISBN 3-8249-0443-8

ISBN 3-8249-0443-8

© by TÜV-Verlag GmbH, Kóln 1998

Entirely made by: TÜV-Verlag GmbH, Kóln
Printed in Germany 1998
Preface

In principie, the procedures for fabrication, assembly and erection of hollow section structures
are the same as for structures in conventional open sections. However, there are a number of
special properties and characteristics of hollow sections, which are to be accounted for in
order to attain not only technical integrity but also economy. Due to their closed form, hollow
sections necessitate special requirements for the processing of fabrication, assembly and
erection of a structure, which have to be fulfilled to be able to compete with open sections as
well as with concrete successfully. These methods as well as the equipment to carry them out
have been described in this handbook explaining their merits and demerits in various design
conditions. The aim is to demonstrate to designers the importance of proper initial conception
of a design with hollow sections and show fabricators and site contractors the special
qualities inherent to hollow sections while performing the jobs in their own fields.
This design guide is the seventh in a series, which CIDECT has published and also will
publish in the coming years:
1. Design guide for circular hollow section (CHS) joints under predominantly static loading
2. Structural stability of hollow sections
3. Design guide for rectangular hollow section (RHS) joints under predominantly static
loading
4. Design guide for structural hollow section columns exposed to tire
5. Design guide for concrete filled hollow section columns under static and seismic loading
6. Design guide for structural hollow sections in mechanical applications
7. Design guide for fabrication, assembly and erection of hollow section structures
8. Design guide for circular and rectangurlar hollow section joints under fatigue loading (in
preparation).
We express our sincere thanks to Dipak Dutta, the main author, and chairman of the CIDECT
Technical Commission till end 1994, and Prof. Dr. Jaap Wardenier of the Delft University of
Technology, the Netherlands, Mr. Noel Yeomans of British Steel Tubes & Pipes, United
Kingdom, Mr. Kazumi Sakae of Nippon Steel Metal Products, Japan, and Prof. Dr. ómer
Bucak of the "Fachhochschule" Munich, Germany, for their contributions and comments. We
are also thankful to Dr.-lng. Reinhard Bergmann of the University of Bochum, Germany, for
his contribution to the chapter on "concrete filled hollow section columns", and Prof. Dr. Jeff
Packer of the University of Toronto, Ganada, for his contribution to the chapter on "blind
bolting (Huck Ultra-Twist)". Further, we thank CIDECT member firms for their support.

Etienne Bollinger
Chairman of the
Technical Commission (1995-1997)
CIDECT