ENV 1993-2 : 1997

Foreword
1 General
  1.1 Scope
  1.2 Distinction between principles and application rules
  1.3 Normative references
  1.4 Definitions
  1.5 Symbols
2 Basis of design
  2.1 General
  2.2 Requirements
  2.3 Limit states
  2.4 Actions
3 Materials
  3.1 General
  3.2 Structural steel
  3.3 Connecting devices
  3.4 Cables
  3.5 Bearings
  3.6 Other items
4 Serviceability limit states
  4.1 Basis
  4.2 Calculation models
  4.3 Limitations for stress
  4.4 Limitation of web breathing
  4.5 Limits for clearance gauges
  4.6 Limits for visual impression
  4.7 Performance criteria for railway bridges
  4.8 Performance criteria for road bridges
  4.9 Performance criteria for pedestrian bridges
  4.10 Performance criteria for effects of wind
  4.11 Accessibility of joint details and surfaces
  4.12 Drainage
5 Ultimate limit states
  5.1 Basis
  5.2 Calculation of internal forces and moments
  5.3 Classification of cross-sections
  5.4 Resistance of cross-sections
  5.5 Buckling resistance of members
  5.6 Shear buckling resistance
  5.7 Resistance of webs to transverse force
  5.8 Trusses and triangulated structures
  5.9 Built up compression members
  5.10 Arches
  5.11 Cables
6 Fasteners, welds and connections
  6.1 Basis
  6.2 Connections in shear subject to stress fluctuations
       due to traffic
  6.3 Fasteners
  6.4 Connections using fasteners or pins
  6.5 Welded connections
  6.6 Splices
  6.7 Beam-to-column type connections
  6.8 Cable anchorages
  6.9 Eyebars
7 Fabrication and erection
  7.1 Requirements
  7.2 Documentation
  7.3 Geometrical tolerances
  7.4 Fitted bolts and pins
  7.5 Restrictions on welding
  7.6 Post weld treatment
  7.7 Erection
  7.8 Protective treatment
8 Design assisted by testing
  8.1 General
  8.2 Types of tests
  8.3 Verification of aerodynamic effects on bridges by
       testing as a result of wind action
9 Fatigue assessment
  9.1 General
  9.2 Fatigue loading
  9.3 Partial factors for fatigue verifications
  9.4 Fatigue stress spectra
  9.5 Fatigue assessment procedures
  9.6 Fatigue strength
  9.7 Post weld treatment
Annex A (normative) High strength cables
Annex B (normative) Bearings
Annex C (informative) Design against brittle fracture
Annex D (informative) Guidance on the choice of through
        thickness grade
Annex E (informative) Expansion joints for road bridges
Annex F (informative) Fatigue assessment of slender elements
        of bridges due to wind-induced vibrations
Annex G (informative) Special considerations for structural
        detailing
Annex H (informative) Buckling lengths of members in bridges
Annex J (informative) Injection bolts
Annex K (informative) Tolerances for fabrication and erection
        of steel bridges
Annex L (informative) Fatigue strength category tables

Provides a general basis for the structural design of steel bridges, steel parts of composite bridges and also steel temporary works in bridges. Gives provisions that supplement, modify or supersede the equivalent provisions given in ENV 1993-1-1, to which reference shall also be made.