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The 1994 ENV-Eurocode 8 led to the:

2004 EN-Eurocode 8 Part 1


• For new concrete, steel, composite (steel-concrete), timber, or
masonry buildings.
• Force-based: ULS dimensioning of members for internal forces
from linear analysis for 5%-damped elastic spectrum of “design
earthquake” (10% / 50yrs), reduced by “q-factor”.
• 3 Ductility Classes for buildings: prescribed “q-factors” with
associated (prescriptive) member detailing rules for ductility.
• In the upper two Ductility Classes: “Capacity
design” across the board (of the foundation too).
• Interstory drifts under 50% of design earthquake
(still via “equal displacement rule”, but with 50%
of uncracked section stiffness):
• < 0.5% for brittle partitions,
• < 0.75% for non-brittle ones,
• < 1% for a bare structural system.
Performance-based seismic design of
new buildings per 2004 EN-Eurocode 8
Two-(and-a-half)tier design:
– ULS design of the structure (for ductility) for Life
Safety; for ordinary buildings, under a rare (475
years) earthquake.
– SLS verification of partitions for Damage
Limitation under a frequent (~100 years)
earthquake.
– (implicit Collapse Prevention under a very
strong/rare, but unspecified, earthquake by
enforcing Capacity Design across the board).

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