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Some Differences Between EBCS

The document summarizes some key differences between the EBCS-2-1995 and ES EN 1992:2015 concrete design codes. Specifically it discusses differences in: 1) How compressive strength is defined and tested, with EBCS referring to cube strength and ES EN cylinder strength. 2) Sample sizes used to test compressive strength, with EBCS requiring 150mm cubes and ES EN allowing either cubes or cylinders. 3) Calculation of modulus of elasticity, with different equations used in each code. 4) Partial safety factors for material, with ES EN having a lower accidental factor of 1.2 compared to 1.3-1.45 in EBCS.

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Some Differences Between EBCS

The document summarizes some key differences between the EBCS-2-1995 and ES EN 1992:2015 concrete design codes. Specifically it discusses differences in: 1) How compressive strength is defined and tested, with EBCS referring to cube strength and ES EN cylinder strength. 2) Sample sizes used to test compressive strength, with EBCS requiring 150mm cubes and ES EN allowing either cubes or cylinders. 3) Calculation of modulus of elasticity, with different equations used in each code. 4) Partial safety factors for material, with ES EN having a lower accidental factor of 1.2 compared to 1.3-1.45 in EBCS.

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Some differences between EBCS-2-1995 and ES EN-2 1992:2015.

characteristics compressive strength of concrete.

EBCS-2,1995:- on article 2.2, sub article 1 states that " concrete is graded in terms of its characteristic
cubic strength"

ES EN -2,1992:2015:- Article 3.1.2 of this code states that " the strength class of this code are based
on the characteristic cylinder strength fck determined at 28 days".

sample type and size to test compressive strength

EBCS-2,1995 states that test should be based on 150 mm cube samples( Article 2.3).

ES EN 1992:2015 demands that rules in EN-206 be followed for sample and other performance,
production and conformity related topics. And refering EN-206: 150 mm cubes or 150/300 mm cylinder
samples to be used to measure compressive strength.

coefficient of thermal expansion.

EBCS -2,1995: coefficient of thermal expansion " may be taken as 10x10^-6 °c ( Article 2.5.5)

ES EN-2, 1992:2015: the coefficient of thermal expansion of concrete may be taken to be equal to
10x10^-6 °c.

modulus of elasticity of concrete

EBCS -2,1995:- the modulus of elasticity of concrete is given by 9.5(fck+8)^(1/3) ...equation 2.3.

ES EN-2, 1992:2015:- the modulus of elasticity is calculated from 22[fcm/10]^(0.3), where fcm=fck+8.

( the two expressions give nearly equal value of modulus of elasticity. The new code is a bit higher than
the old code).

poisson's ratio

EBCS-2,1995:- " any value between 0 to 0.2 can be adopted for Poisson's ratio" ( Article 2.5.3).

ES EN 1992:2015:- "Poisson's ratio may be taken equal to 0.2 for uncracked concrete and 0 for
cracked concrete" ( article 3.1.3 ) .

charachererstic tensile strength of concrete

EBCS 2,1995:- the characteristic tensile strength is calculated from fctk=0.7fctm, where
fctm=0.3[fck]^(0.3).
ES EN 1992:2015 proposes two equations for determining the characteristic tensile strength.
Fctk,0.05=0.7fctm and Fctk,0.95=1.3fctm, where fctm=2.12ln(1+fcm/10)). For design purpose fctk,0.05 is
used.

partial safety factor for material

EBCS-2-1995:- the partial safety factor depends on the class of work and design situation. Based on
persistent and transient design situation and class I and II work , the partial safety factor for concrete is
1.5 and 1.65 respectively. With accidental design situation the partial safety factor for class I and II work
is 1.3 and 1.45 respectively.

ES EN 1992:2015:- for concrete, based on persistent and transient design situation, the partial safety
factor is 1.5, while for accidental design situation a partial safety factor of 1.2 is given.

combination of action

Let Gk be dead load and Qk be live load.

EBCS-2-1995:- service load combination is Gk+Qk. While ultimate load combination is 1.3Gk+1.6 Qk.
Other load combination depending on the nature of applied load can be developed.

ES EN 1990:2014:- service load combination is Gk+Qk. While ultimate load combination is


1.35Gk+1.5Qk. Other load combination depending on the nature of load can be developed.

For ES EN 1992:2015 the value of η and λ depends on the grade of concrete and

λ is 0.85 and η=1for fck<= 50 Mpa and

λ is 0.8-(fck-50)/400 and η=1-(fck-50)/200 for 50<fck<= 90 mpa

the value of ecu1=3.5 per thousand and ecu2= 2 per thousand.

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density and modulus of elasticity

ES EN 1992:2015:- on article 3.2.7 states that the density and modulus of elasticity to be taken as
7850 kg/m³ and 200 GPA respectively.

EBCS-2,1995 :- on article 2.8 gives the mean value of 7850 kg/m³ for density and on article 2.9.4 the
modulus of elasticity to be taken 200 GPA.

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