BS5400 Steel, Concrete and Composite Bridges – Parts 1 to 10

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BS 5400 was a British Standard code of practice for the design and construction of steel, concrete and composite bridges. It was applicable to highway, railway and pedestrian bridges.

In 2010, BS 5400 was superseded by the Structural Eurocodes for the design of new bridges. However, BS 5400 still forms the basis of assessment standards for existing highway and railway structures. Some of the prescriptive clauses from the old code have been re-cast in a form consistent with the principles of the Eurocodes and presented as advisory material within British Standard Published Documents; these exist as non-contradictory complementary information (NCCI) to the Eurocodes and offer means of compliance with the requirements of the Eurocodes, typically using closed-form solutions familiar to the engineer experienced in the application of BS5400.

BS 5400 consists of ten main parts:

BS 5400-1:1988 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. General statement.
BS 5400-2:2006 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. Specification for loads.
BS 5400-3:2000 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. Code of practice for design of steel bridges.
BS 5400-4:1990 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. Code of practice for design of concrete bridges.
BS 5400-5:2005 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. Code of practice for design of composite bridges
BS 5400-6:1999 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. Specification for materials and workmanship, steel.
BS 5400-7:1978 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. Specification for materials and workmanship, concrete, reinforcement and prestressing tendons.
BS 5400-8:1978 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. Recommendations for materials and workmanship, concrete, reinforcement and prestressing tendons.
BS 5400-9.1:1983 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. Bridge bearings. Code of practice for design of bridge bearings.
BS 5400-9.2:1983 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. Bridge bearings. Specification for materials, manufacture and installation of bridge bearings.
BS 5400-10:1980 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. Code of practice for fatigue.
BS 5400-10C:1999 Steel, concrete and composite bridges. Charts for classification of details for fatigue.