This British Standard was published by BSI. It is the UK implementation of EN 1993-1-5:2006. It partially supersedes BS 449-2:1969, BS 5400-3:2000 and BS 5950-1:2000. These standards will be withdrawn by March 2010 at the latest.
(1) EN 1993-1-5 gives design requirements of stiffened and unstiffened plates which are subject to inplane forces.
(2) Effects due to shear lag, in-plane load introduction and plate buckling for I-section girders and box girders are covered. Also covered are plated structural components subject to in-plane loads as in tanks and silos. The effects of out-of-plane loading are outside the scope of this document.