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The new Eurocodes Starter Pack of Scia Engineer is offered to cover the needs of civil engineers who want to model, analyse and design typical frame, truss and similar structures made of steel and concrete according to the Eurocodes.
Principles of the Eurocodes
The Eurocodes are a set of European Standards for the design of buildings and other civil engineering works. They are drafted by Technical Committee 250 (TC250) of CEN, the European Committee for Standardisation.
In the first place, the Eurocodes are created for the structural engineer and have to be included in the design and calculation process of buildings and all other types of structures and include:
geotechnical aspects, structural fire design, situations including earthquakes, execution, temporary structures and so on. But not only the engineer will have to deal with the Eurocodes; for other partners in the building cycle too the Eurocodes play an important role.
With the Eurocodes, uniform levels of safety in construction in Europe will be guaranteed. They also form a common and transparent basis for fair competition. Furthermore, they facilitate the exchange of construction services and broaden the use of materials and structural components.
The Eurocodes are a series of 10 European standards, with each of these codes consisting of several parts:
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EN 1990: Basis of structural design
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EN 1991: Actions on structures
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EN 1992: Design of concrete structures
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EN 1993: Design of steel structures
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EN 1994: Design of composite steel and concrete structures
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EN 1995: Design of timber structures
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EN 1996: Design of masonry structures
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EN 1997: Geotechnical design
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EN 1998: Design of structures for earthquake resistance
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EN 1999: Design of aluminium structures
The diagram below shows the relation between the different Eurocode parts:
EN 1991 until and including EN 1999 are composed of fixed parts:
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