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Originated in part as SAA INT 351—1956.

Previous edition AS 4100—1990.
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PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee BD/1, Steel Structures, to
supersede AS 4100—1990.
The objective of this Standard is to provide designers of steel structures with specifications for steel
structural members used for load-carrying purposes in buildings and other structures.
This new edition of the Standard incorporates Amendments No. 1—1992, No. 2—1993,
No. 3—1995 and draft Amendment No. 4 issued for public comment as DR 97347. Draft
Amendment No. 4 was not published separately as a green slip.
Amendment No. 1—1992 includes the following major changes:
(a) Strength of steels complying with AS 1163 and AS/NZS 1594. (Table 2.1.)
(b) Shear buckling capacity for stiffened web. (Clause 5.11.5.2.)
(c) Bearing buckling capacity. (Clause 5.13.4.)
Amendment No. 2—1993 includes the following major changes:
(a) Shear and bending interaction method. (Clause 5.12.3.)
(b) Minimum area for the design of intermediate transverse web stiffeners. (Clause 5.15.3.)
(c) Section capacity of members subject to combined actions. (Clause 8.3.)
(d) Strength assessment of a butt weld. (Clause 9.7.2.7.)
(e) Fatigue. (Section 11.)
Amendment No. 3—1993 includes the following major changes:
(a) Compressive bearing action on the edge of a web. (Clause 5.13.)
(b) Section capacity of members subject to combined actions. (Clause 8.3.)
(c) In-plane and out-of-plane capacity of compression members. (Clauses 8.4.2.2 and 8.4.41.)
(d) Strength assessment of a butt weld. (Clause 9.7.2.7.)
(e) Earthquake. (Section 13.)
Amendment No. 4 includes the following major changes:
(a) Strengths of steels complying with AS/NZS 3678, AS/NZS 3679.1 and AS/NZS 3679.2.
(Table 2.1.)
(b) Minimum edge distance of fasteners. (Clause 9.6.2.)
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(c) Permissible service temperatures according to steel type and thickness. (Table 10.4.1.)
(d) Steel type relationship to steel grade. (Table 10.4.4.)
(e) Welding of concentrically braced frames for structures of earthquake Design Category D
and E. (Clause 13.3.4.2.)
The terms ‘normative’ and ‘informative’ have been used in this Standard to define the application of
the appendix to which they apply. A ‘normative’ appendix is an intrgal part of a Standard, whereas an
‘informative’ appendix is only for information and guidance.
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CONTENTS

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SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL

1.1 SCOPE AND APPLICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.3 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
1.4 NOTATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1.5 USE OF ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS OR METHODS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
1.6 DESIGN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
1.7 CONSTRUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

SECTION 2 MATERIALS
2.1 YIELD STRESS AND TENSILE STRENGTH USED IN DESIGN . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.2 STRUCTURAL STEEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.3 FASTENERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.4 STEEL CASTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

SECTION 3 GENERAL DESIGN REQUIREMENTS

3.1 DESIGN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.2 LOADS AND OTHER ACTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.3 STABILITY LIMIT STATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3.4 STRENGTH LIMIT STATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3.5 SERVICEABILITY LIMIT STATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.6 STRENGTH AND SERVICEABILITY LIMIT STATES BY LOAD
TESTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.7 BRITTLE FRACTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.8 FATIGUE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.9 FIRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
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3.10 EARTHQUAKE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
3.11 OTHER DESIGN REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

SECTION 4 METHODS OF STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS

4.1 METHODS OF DETERMINING ACTION EFFECTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4.2 FORMS OF CONSTRUCTION ASSUMED FOR STRUCTURAL
ANALYSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
4.3 ASSUMPTIONS FOR ANALYSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
4.4 ELASTIC ANALYSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
4.5 PLASTIC ANALYSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
4.6 MEMBER BUCKLING ANALYSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
4.7 FRAME BUCKLING ANALYSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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SECTION 5 MEMBERS SUBJECT TO BENDING

5.1 DESIGN FOR BENDING MOMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
5.2 SECTION MOMENT CAPACITY FOR BENDING ABOUT
A PRINCIPAL AXIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
5.3 MEMBER CAPACITY OF SEGMENTS WITH FULL LATERAL
RESTRAINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
5.4 RESTRAINTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
5.5 CRITICAL FLANGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
5.6 MEMBER CAPACITY OF SEGMENTS WITHOUT FULL LATERAL
RESTRAINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
5.7 BENDING IN A NON-PRINCIPAL PLANE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
5.8 SEPARATORS AND DIAPHRAGMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
5.9 DESIGN OF WEBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
5.10 ARRANGEMENT OF WEBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
5.11 SHEAR CAPACITY OF WEBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
5.12 INTERACTION OF SHEAR AND BENDING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
5.13 COMPRESSIVE BEARING ACTION ON THE EDGE OF A WEB . . . . . . . . . 65
5.14 DESIGN OF LOAD BEARING STIFFENERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
5.15 DESIGN OF INTERMEDIATE TRANSVERSE WEB STIFFENERS . . . . . . . . 71
5.16 DESIGN OF LONGITUDINAL WEB STIFFENERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

SECTION 6 MEMBERS SUBJECT TO AXIAL COMPRESSION

6.1 DESIGN FOR AXIAL COMPRESSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
6.2 NOMINAL SECTION CAPACITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
6.3 NOMINAL MEMBER CAPACITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
6.4 LACED AND BATTENED COMPRESSION MEMBERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
6.5 COMPRESSION MEMBERS BACK TO BACK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
6.6 RESTRAINTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

SECTION 7 MEMBERS SUBJECT TO AXIAL TENSION

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7.1 DESIGN FOR AXIAL TENSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

7.2 NOMINAL SECTION CAPACITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
7.3 DISTRIBUTION OF FORCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
7.4 TENSION MEMBERS WITH TWO OR MORE MAIN
COMPONENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
7.5 MEMBERS WITH PIN CONNECTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

SECTION 8 MEMBERS SUBJECT TO COMBINED ACTIONS

8.1 GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
8.2 DESIGN ACTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
8.3 SECTION CAPACITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
8.4 MEMBER CAPACITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
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SECTION 9 CONNECTIONS
9.1 GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
9.2 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
9.3 DESIGN OF BOLTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
9.4 ASSESSMENT OF THE STRENGTH OF A BOLT GROUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
9.5 DESIGN OF A PIN CONNECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
9.6 DESIGN DETAILS FOR BOLTS AND PINS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
9.7 DESIGN OF WELDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
9.8 ASSESSMENT OF THE STRENGTH OF A WELD GROUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
9.9 PACKING IN CONSTRUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

SECTION 10 BRITTLE FRACTURE

10.1 METHODS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
10.2 NOTCH-DUCTILE RANGE METHOD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
10.3 DESIGN SERVICE TEMPERATURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
10.4 MATERIAL SELECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
10.5 FRACTURE ASSESSMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

SECTION 11 FATIGUE
11.1 GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
11.2 FATIGUE LOADING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
11.3 DESIGN SPECTRUM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
11.4 EXEMPTION FROM ASSESSMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
11.5 DETAIL CATEGORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
11.6 FATIGUE STRENGTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
11.7 EXEMPTION FROM FURTHER ASSESSMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
11.8 FATIGUE ASSESSMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
11.9 PUNCHING LIMITATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

SECTION 12 FIRE
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12.1 REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

12.2 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
12.3 DETERMINATION OF PERIOD OF STRUCTURAL ADEQUACY . . . . . . . . 137
12.4 VARIATION OF MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF STEEL WITH
TEMPERATURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
12.5 DETERMINATION OF LIMITING STEEL TEMPERATURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
12.6 DETERMINATION OF TIME AT WHICH LIMITING TEMPERATURE IS
ATTAINED FOR PROTECTED MEMBERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
12.7 DETERMINATION OF TIME AT WHICH LIMITING TEMPERATURE IS
ATTAINED FOR UNPROTECTED MEMBERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
12.8 DETERMINATION OF PSA FROM A SINGLE TEST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
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12.9 THREE-SIDED FIRE EXPOSURE CONDITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

12.10 SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

SECTION 13 EARTHQUAKE
13.1 GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
13.2 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
13.3 DESIGN AND DETAILING REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
13.4 DESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR NON-BUILDING STRUCTURES . . . . . . . . 147

SECTION 14 FABRICATION
14.1 GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
14.2 MATERIAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
14.3 FABRICATION PROCEDURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
14.4 TOLERANCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

SECTION 15 ERECTION
15.1 GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
15.2 ERECTION PROCEDURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
15.3 TOLERANCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
15.4 INSPECTION OF BOLTED CONNECTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
15.5 GROUTING AT SUPPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

SECTION 16 MODIFICATION OF EXISTING STRUCTURES

16.1 GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
16.2 MATERIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
16.3 CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
16.4 SPECIAL PROVISIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

SECTION 17 TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR ELEMENTS

17.1 GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
17.2 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
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17.3 TEST REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

17.4 PROOF TESTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
17.5 PROTOTYPE TESTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
17.6 REPORT OF TESTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

APPENDICES
A REFERENCED DOCUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
B SUGGESTED DEFLECTION LIMITS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
C CORROSION PROTECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
D ADVANCED STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
E SECOND ORDER ELASTIC ANALYSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
F MOMENT AMPLIFICATION FOR A SWAY MEMBER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
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G BRACED MEMBER BUCKLING IN FRAMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

H ELASTIC RESISTANCE TO LATERAL BUCKLING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
I STRENGTH OF STIFFENED WEB PANELS UNDER COMBINED
ACTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
J STANDARD TEST FOR EVALUATION OF SLIP FACTOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
K INSPECTION OF BOLT TENSION USING A TORQUE WRENCH . . . . . . . . . . 188

INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
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STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

Australian Standard
Steel structures

SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL

1.1 SCOPE AND APPLICATION

1.1.1 Scope This Standard sets out minimum requirements for the design, fabrication, erection,
and modification of steelwork in structures in accordance with the limit states design method.
This Standard applies to buildings, structures and cranes constructed of steel.
This Standard is intended to apply also to roadway, railway, and pedestrian bridges. However, the
requirements given in this Standard may not always be sufficient for bridge applications. In these
circumstances, the specifications of the relevant Authority shall be used.
This Standard does not apply to the following structures and materials:
(a) Steel elements less than 3 mm thick, with the exception of sections complying with AS 1163
and packers.
(b) Steel members for which the value of the yield stress used in design (fy) exceeds 450 MPa.
(c) Cold-formed members, other than those complying with AS 1163, which shall be designed in
accordance with AS/NZS 4600.
(d) Composite steel-concrete members, which shall be designed in accordance with AS 2327.
NOTE: The general principles of design, fabrication, erection, and modification embodied in this Standard
may be applied to steel-framed structures or members not specifically mentioned herein.
1.1.2 Application This Standard will be referenced in the Building Code of Australia by way of
BCA Amendment No. 3 to be published by 1 July 1998, thereby superseding the previous edition,
AS 4100—1990, which will be withdrawn 12 months from the date of publication of this edition.
1.2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS The documents referred to in this Standard are listed in
Appendix A.
1.3 DEFINITIONS For the purpose of this Standard, the definitions below apply. Definitions
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peculiar to a particular Clause or Section are also given in that Clause or Section.
Action—the cause of stress or deformations in a structure.
Action effect or load effect—the internal force or bending moment due to actions or loads.
Authority—a body having statutory powers to control the design and erection of a structure.
Bearing-type connection—connection effected using either snug-tight bolts, or high-strength bolts
tightened to induce a specified minimum bolt tension, in which the design action is transferred by
shear in the bolts and bearing on the connected parts at the strength limit state.
Bearing-wall system—see AS 1170.4.
Braced frame—see AS 1170.4.
Braced member—one for which the transverse displacement of one end of the member relative to the
other is effectively prevented.
Building frame system—see AS 1170.4.

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