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The Eurocodes suite is made up by 10 European Standards for structural design and each Eurocode  covers  particular technical aspects.

EN Eurocodes

  • EN 1990

Eurocode: Basis of structural design

EN 1990 establishes Principles and Requirements for the safety, serviceability and durability of structures, describes the basis for their design and verification and gives guidelines for related...
  • EN 1991

Eurocode 1: Actions on structures

EN 1991 Eurocode 1 provides comprehensive information on all actions that should normally be considered in the design of buildings and other civil engineering works, including some geotechnical...
  • EN 1993

Eurocode 3: Design of steel structures

EN 1993 Eurocode 3 applies to the design of buildings and other civil engineering works in steel. It complies with the principles and requirements for the safety and serviceability of structures, the...
  • EN 1995

Eurocode 5: Design of timber structures

EN 1995 Eurocode 5 applies to the design of buildings and other civil engineering works in timber (solid timber, sawn, planed or in pole form, glued laminated timber or wood-based structural products)...
  • EN 1996

Eurocode 6: Design of masonry structures

EN 1996 Eurocode 6 applies to the design of buildings and other civil engineering works, or parts thereof, in unreinforced, reinforced, prestressed and confined masonry. The execution is covered to...
  • EN 1997

Eurocode 7: Geotechnical design

EN 1997 Eurocode 7 shall be applied to the geotechnical aspects OF the design of buildings and other civil engineering works and shall be used in conjunction with EN 1990:2002 that establishes the...

Parts

Each of the codes (except EN 1990) is divided into a number of Parts covering specific aspects of the subject. In total there are 58 EN Eurocode parts distributed in the ten Eurocodes (EN 1990 – 1999).

Material Eurocodes

All of the EN Eurocodes relating to materials have a Part 1-1 which covers the design of buildings and other civil engineering structures and a Part 1-2 for fire design. The standards for concrete, steel, composite steel and concrete, and timber structures and earthquake resistance have a Part 2 covering design of bridges. The Part 2 should be used in combination with the appropriate general Parts (Parts 1).

Links between the Eurocodes

The Eurocodes suite is made up by 10 European Standards for structural design. Each Eurocode consists of a number of parts that cover particular technical aspects. The links between the Eurocodes are given in the figure.

Eurocodes at a glance (Negative)
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