Eurocode: Basis of structural design

Eurocode 0 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 aspects of structural reliability.

Eurocode 0 is also applicable: Eurocode 0 may be used, when relevant, as a guidance document for the design of structures outside the scope of the EN Eurocodes EN 1991 to EN 1999, for: Annex A2 of EN 1990 gives rules and methods for establishing combinations of actions for serviceability and ultimate limit state verifications (except fatigue verifications) with the recommended design values of permanent, variable and accidental actions and ψ factors to be used in the design of road bridges, footbridges and railway bridges.

Methods and rules for verifications relating to some material-independent serviceability limit states are also given.

The current latest version of the British Standard is EN 1990:2002+A1:2005, incorporating corrigendum December 2008.

The following European Standards which are published or in preparation are cited in normative clauses: