You can use an envelope combination type with the 6 load combinations. Using this you will get the MIN/MAX values for the combinations you want. With the max/min values, its easy and quicky to identify the load combinations for design. But, extra carefull in the design is needed or you will mix...
By the way (almost forgot!). For connections you have CeStruCo (Continuing Education in Structural Connections).
Follow the link:
http://webold.fsv.cvut.cz/cestruco/
Thanks for all for your replies (and sorry for the bad English).
The European codes don’t contain any relevant information for this specific case and lots of investigation has been made about it. Look the article...
I'am trying to model a long cylinder (a tubular tower with thin wall -- d/t>120) subject to a uniform distributed load in all the length. Given the importance of the imperfections in the analysis, its possible to take them in account?
Those values aren't purely empirical?
Regards,
rcat