Introduction
This Technical Guidance Note is the first of the Level 2 guides. Guides in this next level build on what has been described previously in the Level 1 series. The topics covered at Level 2 are of a more complex nature as they typically deal with the design of elements as opposed to core concepts such as loading and stability. As such, the amount of prior knowledge the reader is assumed to have is at the very least the contents of relevant Level 1 Technical Guidance Notes.
The subject of this guide is the design of non-composite steel beams to BS EN 1993-1-1 – Eurocode 3: Design of Steel Structures – Part 1-1: General Rules for Buildings. It covers both restrained and unrestrained rolled steel 'I' and 'H' beam sections. It does not encompass the design of 'T' sections, hollow sections, castellated beams, angles and welded sections.