NEN EN 1990 : 2011

FOREWORD
BACKGROUND OF THE EUROCODE PROGRAMME
STATUS AND FIELD OF APPLICATION OF EUROCODES
NATIONAL STANDARDS IMPLEMENTING EUROCODES
LINKS BETWEEN EUROCODES AND HARMONISED TECHNICAL
SPECIFICATIONS (ENs AND ETAs) FOR PRODUCTS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO EN 1990
SECTION 1 GENERAL
1.1 SCOPE
1.2 NORMATIVE REFERENCES
1.3 ASSUMPTIONS
1.4 DISTINCTION BETWEEN PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATION RULES
1.5 TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
    1.5.1 Common terms used in EN 1990 to EN 1999
    1.5.2 Special terms relating to design in general
    1.5.3 Terms relating to actions
    1.5.4 Terms relating to material and product properties
    1.5.5 Terms relating to geometrical data
    1.5.6 Terms relating to structural analysis
1.6 SYMBOLS
SECTION 2 REQUIREMENTS
2.1 BASIC REQUIREMENTS
2.2 RELIABILITY MANAGEMENT
2.3 DESIGN WORKING LIFE
2.4 DURABILITY
2.5 QUALITY MANAGEMENT
SECTION 3 PRINCIPLES OF LIMIT STATES DESIGN
3.1 GENERAL
3.2 DESIGN SITUATIONS
3.3 ULTIMATE LIMIT STATES
3.4 SERVICEABILITY LIMIT STATES
3.5 LIMIT STATE DESIGN
SECTION 4 BASIC VARIABLES
4.1 ACTIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES
    4.1.1 Classification of actions
    4.1.2 Characteristics values of actions
    4.1.3 Other representative values of variable actions
    4.1.4 Representation of fatigue actions
    4.1.5 Representation of dynamic actions
    4.1.6 Geotechnical actions
    4.1.7 Environmental influences
4.2 MATERIAL AND PRODUCT PROPERTIES
4.3 GEOMETRICAL DATA
SECTION 5 STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS AND DESIGN ASSISTED BY TESTING
5.1 STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
    5.1.1 Structural modelling
    5.1.2 Static actions
    5.1.3 Dynamic actions
    5.1.4 Fire design
5.2 DESIGN ASSISTED BY TESTING
SECTION 6 VERIFICATION BY THE PARTIAL FACTOR METHOD
6.1 GENERAL
6.2 LIMITATIONS
6.3 DESIGN VALUES
    6.3.1 Design values of actions
    6.3.2 Design values of the effects of actions
    6.3.3 Design values of material or product properties
    6.3.4 Design values of geometrical data
    6.3.5 Design resistance
6.4 ULTIMATE LIMIT STATES
    6.4.1 General
    6.4.2 Verifications of static equilibrium and resistance
    6.4.3 Combination of actions (fatigue verifications excluded)
          6.4.3.1 General
          6.4.3.2 Combinations of actions for persistent or
                  transient situations (fundamental combinations)
          6.4.3.3 Combinations of actions for accidental design
                  situations
          6.4.3.4 Combinations of actions for seismic design
                  situations
    6.4.4 Partial factors for actions and combinations of
          actions
    6.4.5 Partial factors for materials and products
6.5 SERVICEABILITY LIMIT STATES
    6.5.1 Verifications
    6.5.2 Serviceability criteria
    6.5.3 Combination of actions
    6.5.4 Partial factors for materials
ANNEX A1 (NORMATIVE) APPLICATION FOR BUILDINGS
A1.1 FIELD OF APPLICATION
A1.2 COMBINATION OF ACTIONS
     A1.2.1 General
     A1.2.2 Values of [psi] factors
A1.3 ULTIMATE LIMIT STATES
     A1.3.1 Design values of actions in persistent and transient
            design situations
     A1.3.2 Design values of actions in the accidental and
            seismic design situations
A1.4 SERVICEABILITY LIMIT STATES
     A1.4.1 Partial factors for actions
     A1.4.2 Serviceability criteria
     A1.4.3 Deformations and horizontal displacements
     A1.4.4 Vibrations
ANNEX B (INFORMATICS) MANAGEMENT OF STRUCTURAL RELIABILITY FOR
        CONSTRUCTION WORKS
B1 SCOPE AND FIELD OF APPLICATION
B2 SYMBOLS
B3 RELIABILITY DIFFERENTIATION
   B3.1 Consequences classes
   B3.2 Differentiation by [beta] values
   B3.3 Differentiation by measures relating to the partial
        factors
B4 DESIGN SUPERVISION DIFFERENTIATION
B5 INSPECTION DURING EXECUTION
B6 PARTIAL FACTORS FOR RESISTANCE PROPERTIES
ANNEX C (INFORMATIVE) BASIS FOR PARTIAL FACTOR DESIGN AND
        RELIABILITY ANALYSIS
C1 SCOPE AND FIELD OF APPLICATIONS
C2 SYMBOLS
C3 INTRODUCTION
C4 OVERVIEW OF RELIABILITY METHODS
C5 RELIABILITY INDEX [beta]
C6 TARGET VALUES OF RELIABILITY INDEX [beta]
C7 APPROACH FOR CALIBRATION OF DESIGN VALUES
C8 RELIABILITY VERIFICATION FORMATS IN EUROCODES
C9 PARTIAL FACTORS IN EN 1990
C10 [psi][0] FACTORS
ANNEX D (INFORMATIVE) DESIGN ASSISTED BY TESTING
D1 SCOPE AND FIELD OF APPLICATION
D2 SYMBOLS
D3 TYPES OF TEST
D4 PLANNING OF TESTS
D5 DERIVATION OF DESIGN VALUES
D6 GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR STATISTICAL EVALUATIONS
D7 STATISTICAL DETERMINATION OF A SINGLE PROPERTY
   D7.1 General
   D7.2 Assessment via the characteristic value
   D7.3 Direct assessment of the design value for ULS
        verifications
D8 STATISTICAL DETERMINATION OF RESISTANCE MODELS
   D8.1 General
   D8.2 Standard evaluation procedure (Method (a))
        D8.2.1 General
        D8.2.2 Standard procedure
   D8.3 Standard evaluation procedure (Method (b))
   D8.4 Use of additional prior knowledge
BIBLIOGRAPHY

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.