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Steel and Composite Structures
  Volume 45, Number 4, November25 2022 , pages 513-534
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/scs.2022.45.4.513
 


Comparison of Turkish Steel Building Specifications, TS 648 and SDCCSS 2018
Mehmet Bakir Bozkurt, Abdulkerim Ergut and Yasin Onuralp Ozkilic

 
Abstract
    This study presents similarities and differences between Turkish Building Code for Steel Structures, which are TS 648 and SDCCSS (Specification for Design, Calculation and Construction of Steel Structures) in terms of the design of the members. Hot-rolled I-shaped steel sections for symmetrical and U-shaped steel sections (i.e., channels) for monosymmetric sections were elaborated in detail. The design strength of tension members under tensile load, compression members under axial load and flexural members under flexure and shear were examined separately. Connection details for tension members, slenderness for compression members and distance between lateral supports for flexural members were considered as prime variables. Analysis results revealed the design strength of the tension members where at least one of the cross-sectional parts is not connected to the connection plates, I-shaped compression members where a slenderness ratio is below 39 (λ〈39), U-shaped compression members and flexural members where Lb is between Lp and Lr (Lp〈Lb≤Lr) designed based on TS 648 are greater than those designed based on SDCCSS 2018. Strength differences between the specification can reach 79% for tensile members, 13% for compression members and 9% for flexural members.
 
Key Words
     building; SDCCSS 2018; specification; steel; strength; TS 648
 
Address
Mehmet Bakir Bozkurt, Abdulkerim Ergut:Department of Civil Engineering, Manisa Celal Bayar University, 45140, Manisa, Turkey

Yasin Onuralp Ozkilic:Department of Civil Engineering, Necmettin Erbakan University, 42100, Konya, Turkey
 

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