Code implementation and improvements in its application. Eurocode 2 (EU, France, Portugal)

• Eurocode 2 (EU)
  Design of concrete structures. EN 1992-1-1:2004/AC 2008
• Eurocode 2 (France)
  Calcul des structures en béton. NF EN 1992-1-1:2005/NA: Mars 2007
• Eurocode 2 (Portugal)
  Projecto de estruturasdebetão. NP EN 1992-1-1:2010/NA

These codes were already implemented as of previous versions. They were also included, in previous versions, in the group of codes which use CYPECAD’s advanced beam editor (which implies that as well as the advantages obtained from using this editor, detailed Ultimate Limit State reports and reinforcement tables can be automatically generated).

Now, as of the 2014.d version, when the selected concrete code is Eurocode 2 (EU), Eurocode 2 (France) or Eurocode 2 (Portugal), beams are edited using CYPECAD’s advanced beam editor. This implies important improvements in the application of these codes:

• Detailed U.L.S. and S.L.S. check reports for concrete beams (including check for failure due to torsion)
• U.L.S. and S.L.S. reports for steel beams
• Graphs and numerical values of the required and effective reinforcement areas
• Bar bending diagrams and reinforcement detailing configurations for frame drawings
• Design of dropped beams with a variable section
• And generally provides a graphical interface to edit the resistance elements of the frame (reinforcement, steel sections, lattices etc.) that is quick and easy to use.

More information can be found in the “Advanced beam editor” section on the webpage dedicated to concrete beams in CYPECAD .

If an analysis with seismic loads is carried out, each one of the Eurocodes; Eurocode 2 (EU), Eurocode 2 (France) and Eurocode 2 (Portugal), has a corresponding set of seismic codes with which it is compatible, and allow for CYPECAD’s advanced column and beam editors to be used, taking into account their capacity design criteria to design concrete beams and columns:

• Eurocode 2 (EU)
  • Eurocode 8 (EU)
    EN 1998-1. Eurocode 8: Design of structures for earthquake resistance. Part 1: General rules, seismic actions and rules for buildings.
  • Eurocode 8 (France)
    NF EN 1998-1/NA (2007) Eurocode 8: Calcul des structures pour leur résistance aux séismes.Partie 1 : Règles générales, actions sismiques et règles pour les bâtiments Annexe nationale à la NF EN 1998-1:2005.1
  • Eurocode 8 (Portugal)
    NP EN 1998-1 (2010). Eurocódigo 8 - Projecto de estruturas para resistência aos sismos. Parte 1: Regras gerais, acções sísmicas e regras para edifícios.
  • Eurocode 8 (Belgium)
    NBN-ENV 1998-1-1: 2002 NAD-E/N/F Eurocode 8: Conception et dimensionnement des structures pour la résistance au séisme. Partie 1-1: Règles générales. Actions sismiques et exigencies générales pour les structures
  • PS 92 (France)
    Règles de Construction Parasismique - Règles PS applicables aux bâtiments – PS 92.
  • PS 92 (version révisée 2010) (France)
    Règles de Construction Parasismique - Règles PS applicables aux bâtiments – PS 92 (version révisée 2010).
  • RPA 99/v 2003 (Algeria)
    Règles Parasismiques Algériennes RPA 99 / VERSION 2003.
  • RPS 2000 (Morocco)
    Règlement de Construction Parasismique.
  • RPS 2011 (Morocco)
    Règlement de Construction Parasismique (version révisée 2011).
  • 1997 UBC (USA)
    Uniform Building Code.
  • 2009 IBC (USA)
    International Building Code.
    
• Eurocode 2 (France)
  • Eurocódigo 8 (Francia)
    NF EN 1998-1/NA (2007) Eurocode 8 : Calcul des structures pour leur résistance aux séismes. Partie 1 : Règles générales, actions sismiques et règles pour les bâtiments Annexe nationale à la NF EN 1998-1:2005.1
  • PS 92 (France)
    Règles de Construction Parasismique - Règles PS applicables aux bâtiments – PS 92.
  • PS 92 (version révisée 2010) (France)
    Règles de Construction Parasismique - Règles PS applicables aux bâtiments – PS 92 (version révisée 2010).
  • RPA 99/v 2003 (Algeria)
    Règles Parasismiques Algériennes RPA 99 / VERSION 2003.
  • RPS 2000 (Morocco)
    Règlement de Construction Parasismique.
  • RPS 2011 (Morocco)
    Règlement de Construction Parasismique (version révisée 2011).
  • 1997 UBC (USA)
    Uniform Building Code.
  • 2009 IBC (USA)
    International Building Code.
    
• Eurocódigo 2 (Portugal) 
  • Eurocode 8 (Portugal)
    NP EN 1998-1 (2010). Eurocode 8 - Projecto de estruturas para resistência aos sismos
    Parte 1: Regras gerais, acções sísmicas e regras para edifícios.
  • 1997 UBC (USA)
    Uniform Building Code.
  • 2009 IBC (USA)
    International Building Code.
    

The concrete and seismic codes that are available for the capacity design criteria for concrete columns and beams can be found in the “Capacity design criteria for seismic design of concrete columns and beams” section on the CYPECAD webpage.

More information can also be found in the “Design codes available for use with the Advanced beam editor” section on the Concrete beams webpage.