| Abstract: | Technical regulations for the selection of materials and dura bility for steel structures – Development and current status. One of the most important changes of the revised DIN EN 1993‐1‐4 released in October 2015 can be found in the annex section A ”Selection of materials and durability“. Contrary to the previous version this annex is now normative. By means of a point system considering different key variables that influence the selection of stainless steel alloys and combines values for each to give a total corrosion resistance factor suitable alloys can be selected. The annex aims to provide a methodology for use by designers with no specialist knowledge of either corrosion or stainless steels. The paper also discusses differences and similarities with the previous valid German national technical approval Z‐30.3.6. |
