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INTRODUCTION TO
EUROCODES
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Masni A. Majid
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Introduction
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The structural Eurocodes are European suite of
codes for structural design, developed over twenty-
five years (Started since 1975)
By 2010 they have effectively replaced the current
British Standard as the primary basis for designing
buildings and civil engineering structures in the UK.
Claimed to be the most technically advanced
structural design codes in the world.
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Have been developed to improve the
competitiveness of the European construction
industry both within and outside the European
Union.
Eurocode is actually a performance code which has
more advantages over British Standard, which is a
descriptive code.
Eurocode should result in more economic structures
than BS.
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The Eurocodes
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The Eurocode Family (58 all together)
EN 1990 Eurocode Basis of structural design
EN 1991 Eurocode 1 Actions on structures
EN 1992 Eurocode 2 Design of concrete structures
EN 1993 Eurocode 3 Design of steel structures
EN 1994 Eurocode 4 Design of composite steel and concrete structures
EN 1995 Eurocode 5 Design of timber structures
EN 1996 Eurocode 6 Design of masonry structures
EN 1997 Eurocode 7 Geotechnical design
EN 1998 Eurocode 8 Design of structures for earthquake resistance
EN 1999 Eurocode 9 Design of aluminum alloy structures
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Format of the Eurocodes
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Each Eurocode contains:-
o National Fowarded
o Main text and Annexes
o National Annex
National annex gives Nationally Determined
Parameters (NDPs)
NDPs have been allowed for reason of
safety, economy and durability
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Format of the Eurocodes
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The family of Eurocodes is based on principles
rather than methods
Format of all codes is: principles, materials, ultimate,
service, detailing
All materials are subjected to the same limit state
regime
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Eurocodes used subscripts extensively:
Ed = design internal effect
e.g. Ned = design axial force
Rd = design resistance
e.g. NRd = design resistance of axial force
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EN 1990 : EUROCODE
Basis of Structural
Design
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EN 1990
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Section 1 General
Section 2 Requirements
Section 3 Principles of Limit State Design
Section 4 Basic Variables
Section 5 Structural analysis and design assisted
by testing
Section 6 Verification by the partial factor method
Annex A1 Application for buildings
Annex A2 Application for bridges
Annex B Management of structural reliability for
construction works
Annex C Basis for partial factor design and
reliability analysis
Annex D Design assisted by testing
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EN 1991 : EUROCODE 1
Actions on Structures
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EN 1991
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EUROCODE 1: ACTIONS ON STRUCTURES
EN 1991-1-1 Densities, self weight and imposed loads
EN 1991-1-2 Actions on structures exposed to fire
EN 1991-1-3 Snow loads
EN 1991-1-4 Wind loads
EN 1991-1-5 Thermal loads
EN 1991-1-6 Actions during execution
EN 1991-1-7 Accidental actions
EN 1991-2 Traffic loads on bridges
EN 1991-3 Actions induced by cranes and
machinery
EN 1991-4 Silos and tanks
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EN 1991-1-1
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Contents
Section 1 General
Section 2 Classification of actions
Section 3 Design situations
Section 4 Densities of construction and stored
materials
Section 5 Self-weight of construction works
Section 6 Imposed load on buildings
Annex A Tables for nominal density of construction
materials, and nominal density and angle
of repose of stored materials
Annex B Vehicle barriers and parapets for car parks
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EN 1992 : EUROCODE 2
Design of Concrete
Structures
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EN 1992
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EUROCODE 2: DESIGN OF CONCRETE
STRUCTURES
EN 1992-1 General rules and rules for
buildings
EN 1992-1-2 General rules Structural fire
design
EN 1992-2 Concrete bridges design and
detailing rules
EN 1992-3 Liquid retaining and
containment structures
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EN 1992-1
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Section 1 General
Section 2 Basis of design
Section 3 Materials
Section 4 Durability and cover to reinforcement
Section 5 Structural analysis
Section 6 Ultimate limit states (ULS)
Section 7 Serviceability limit states (SLS)
Section 8 Detailing of reinforcement & prestressing
tendons -General
Section 9 Detailing of members and particular rules
Section 10 Additional rules for precast structures
Section 11 Lightweight aggregated concrete
structures
Section 12 Plain and lightly reinforced concrete
structures
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Contents
Annex A Modification of partial factors for materials
Annex B Creep and shrinkage strain
Annex C Reinforcement properties
Annex D Detailed calculation method for prestressing steel relaxation losses
Annex E Indicative Strength Classes for durability
Annex F Reinforcement expressions for in-plane stress conditions
Annex G Soil structure interaction
Annex H Global second order effects in structures
Annex I Analysis of flat slabs and shear walls
Annex J Examples of regions with discontinuity in geometry or action
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EUROCODE vs BS
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Eurocodes Title Superseded standards
EN 1990 Basis of structural design BS 8110: Part 1- Section 2
EN 1991-1-1 Densities, self weight and
BS 6399: Part 1 and BS 648
imposed loads
EN 1991-1-2 Actions on structures exposed
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to fire
EN 1991-1-3 Snow loads BS 6399: Part 2
EN 1991-1-4 Wind loads BS 6399: Part 3
EN 1991-1-5 Thermal loads -
EN 1991-1-6 Actions during execution -
EN 1991-1-7 Accidental actions -
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Eurocodes Title Superseded standards
EN 1991-2 Traffic loads on bridges BD 37/88
EN 1991-3 Actions induced by cranes -
and machinery
EN 1991-4 Silos and tanks -
EN 1992-1-1 General rules for buildings BS 8110: Part 1, 2 and 3
EN 1992-1-2 General rules Structural fire
BS 8110: Part 1 Table 3.2
design
EN 1992-2 Concrete bridges design and
BS 5400: Part 4
detailing rules
EN 1992-3 Liquid retaining and
BS 8007
containment structures
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Eurocodes used different terminology:
Eurocode British Standard
Action Force or imposed displacement
Verification Check
Resistance Capacity
Execution Construction
Permanent action Dead load
Variable action Live load or imposed load
Isostatic Primary
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Key Differences of EC2
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EC2 is generally laid out to give advice on the basis
of phenomena / behavior (e.g. bending, shear etc)
rather than by member type as in BS 8110 (e.g.
beams, slabs, columns etc).
Design is based on characteristic cylinder strength
(fck) not cube strength (fcu).
EC2 does not provide derived formulae (e.g. for
bending only the details of the stress block are
expressed).
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Key Differences of EC2
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Concrete strength classes and modulus of elasticity
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Units for stress are mega pascals, Mpa
(1 MPa= 1 N/mm2)
EC2 uses comma for a decimal point.
One thousandth is represent by %.
The partial safety factor for steel reinforcement is
1.15. The characteristic yield strength is 500 Mpa.
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Minimum concrete cover is related to bond strength,
durability and fire resistance. There is allowance for
deviations due to variations in execution.
Higher strengths of concrete are covered by EC 2,
up to class C90/105.
The effects of geometric imperfection are considered
in addition to lateral loads.
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The variable strut inclination method is
used for the assessment of the shear
capacity of a section.
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Serviceability checks can still carried out using
deemed to satisfy span to effective depth (l/d)
rules similar to BS 8110.
The rules for determining the anchorage and lap
length are more complex than the simple tables in
BS 8110.
The punching shear checks are carried out at 2d
from the face of the column and for a rectangular
column, the perimeter is rounded at the corners.
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