Comparative study between analytical calculation according to SR-EN 1993-1-8 and calculation of a joint using the Idea Statica software

The study proposes a comparison between the analytical verifications provided in Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures Part 1-8: Design of joints for a beam-column joint with reduced end plate and the same verifications performed by the IDEA StatiCa software. The starting point was a metal structure project with a height regime of P+1, with a span of 6 meters, an opening of 6 meters and a level height of 3.70 meters, designed for the area of Constanta. The steel structure was designed with one direction centrically braced and the other unbraced. The structure has 13 cm thick composite concrete floors and the terrace on the top level is non-accessible. The joint analyzed in this paper is located in the braced direction.