be used in conjunction with EN 1990, which establishes the principles and requirements for safety and serviceability, describes the basis of design and verification and gives guidelines for related aspects of structural reliability,
be applied to the geotechnical aspects of the design of buildings and civil engineering works and it is concerned with the requirements for strength, stability, serviceability and durability of structures.
Eurocode 7 is composed of the following parts
Part 1: General rules
EN 1997-1 is intended to be used as a general basis for the geotechnical aspects of the design of buildings and civil engineering works.
Contents
General
Basis of design
Geotechnical data
Supervision of construction, monitoring and maintenance
Fill, dewatering, ground improvement and reinforcement
EN 1997-1 is accompanied by Annexes A to J, which provide:
Annex A Recommended partial safety factor values; different values of the partial factors may be set by the National annex.
Annexes B to J Supplementary informative guidance such as internationally applied calculation methods.
Part 2: Ground investigation and testing
EN 1997-2 is intended to be used in conjunction with EN 1997-1 and provides rules supplementary to EN 1997-1 related to planning and reporting of ground investigations, general requirements for a range of commonly used laboratory and field tests, interpretation and evaluation of test results and derivation of values of geotechnical parameters and coefficients.
Part 3: Design assisted by field testing
There is no longer a Part 3. It was amalgamated into EN 1997-2
References
^"eurocodes.co.uk". Archived from the original on 2009-09-10. Retrieved 2009-09-28.
External links
Eurocodes: Building the Future The European Commission Website on the EN Eurocodes
Eurocodes Expert UK construction industry website with comprehensive information and support resources for implementation of the BS EN Eurocodes.
A Designers' Simple Guide to BS EN 1997 UK design guide with several worked examples using EN 1997.
EN 1997: Geotechnical design
EN 1997: Geotechnical design - "Eurocodes: Background and applications" workshop Archived 2012-04-14 at the Wayback Machine