BS 5950-3.1:1990 gives recommendations for the design of simply supported and continuous composite beams, comprising hot rolled steel sections, plate girders and hollow sections acting compositely with reinforced concrete slab, or with a composite slab complying with BS 5950-4.
This Section of BS 5950 does not cover the design of composite columns or composite frames, for which reference should be made to Section 3.2.2).
NOTE The publications referred to in this standard are listed on the inside back cover.