Abstract
This review is intended to serve as a directory of where authoritative, current, resource material can be found relating to all aspects of the design of tubular steel structures. The scope is predominantly limited to onshore structures, using cold- or hot-formed manufactured tubing. Most of the guidance publications cited have a high degree of international consensus, are published in the 1990s and are readily accessible by the international design community, with many available in multiple languages. The article also summarizes the range of tolerances in geometric properties that are permitted in various countries, for the manufacture of rectangular, square and circular hollow sections. Certain countries have excessively liberal production tolerances and this has the consequence of eroding safety margins in structures which use such tubes since manufacturers tend to produce to the minimum standards permitted. This has been a particular issue in the US and the way the problem has been addressed by the American Institute of Steel Construction is described.
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