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Eurocode 2

NEN-EN 1992: Design of concrete structures.

Standards Used

  • NEN-EN 1992-1-1 + C2:2011 - General rules and rules for buildings
  • NEN-EN 1992-1-1 + C2:2011/NB:2011 - National Annex
  • NEN-EN 1992-1-2 + C1:2011 - Fire design
  • NEN-EN 1992-1-2 + C1:2011/NB:2011 - National Annex for fire design

Clauses implemented

NEN-EN 1992-1-1 and its National Annex

  • 3.1 Concrete
  • 3.1.6 Design compressive and tensile strengths
  • 3.1.7 Stress-strain relations for the design of cross-sections
  • 3.2 Reinforcing steel
  • 3.2.7 Design assumptions
  • 4.4.1 Concrete cover
  • 5.8.3 Simplified criteria for second order effects
  • 5.8.3.1 Slenderness criterion for isolated members
  • 5.8.3.2 Slenderness and effective length of isolated members
  • 5.8.4 Creep
  • 5.8.8 Method based on nominal curvature
  • 5.8.8.3 Curvature
  • 5.8.8.2 Bending moments
  • 5.8.9 Biaxial bending
  • 5.2 Geometric imperfections
  • 6.1 Bending with or without axial force
  • 9.5 Columns
  • 9.5.2 Longitudinal reinforcement
  • 9.6 Walls
  • 9.6.2 Vertical reinforcement

NEN-EN 1992-1-2 and its National Annex (fire)

  • 4.2 Simplified calculation method
  • 4.2.2 Temperature profiles
  • 4.2.3 Reduced cross-section
  • 4.2.4.3 Steel
  • 5.3 Columns
  • Annex B
  • B.1 500 °C isotherm method
  • B.1.2 Design procedure of a reinforced concrete cross-section, exposed to bending moment and axial load

Annex A - temperature profiles used

  • Fig. A.3: beam, h x b = 150 x 80 - R30
  • Fig. A.4: beam, h x b = 300 x 160 - a) R30, b) R60
  • Fig. A.5: beam, h x b = 300 x 160 - R90
  • Fig. A.7: beam, h x b = 600 x 300 - a) R60, b) R90
  • Fig. A.8: beam, h x b = 600 x 300 - R120
  • Fig. A.9: beam, h x b = 800 x 500 - a) R90, b) R120
  • Fig. A.10: beam, h x b = 800 x 500 - a) R180, b) R240
  • Fig. A.11: column, h x b = 300 x 300 - R30
  • Fig. A.12: column, h x b = 300 x 300 - R60
  • Fig. A.13: column, h x b = 300 x 300 - R90
  • Fig. A.14: column, h x b = 300 x 300 - R120
  • Fig. A.16: circular column, D = 300 - R30
  • Fig. A.17: circular column, D = 300 - R60
  • Fig. A.18: circular column, D = 300 - R90
  • Fig. A.19: circular column, D = 300 - R120

Topics Covered

  • Concrete cross-section design
  • Punching shear
  • Creep and shrinkage
  • Reinforcement requirements