Light Gauge Steel Design

Programme
Presented by Andrew Way

Introduction
Applications:
 Purlins & Rails,
 Infill walls & Structural walls
 Floors & Roofs
Sections Types
Specification:
 Steel grades
 Coatings
Section properties:
 Gross properties
 Effective properties & Example
Break
Structural design:
 Compression & Example
 Bending & Example

Lunch

Structural design:
 Lateral torsional buckling
 Combined axial and bending
Light steel framing design issues:
 Stability / bracing
 Robustness
 Connections
 Anchorage
 Serviceability limit state conditions

Break

Residential buildings issues:

 Fire resistance
 Acoustic performance
 Durability
 NHBC Standards Chapter 6.10
Industrial buildings design issues:
 Specification load tables
 Rafter / column restraint
 Load reversal

Questions and close