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prCEN/TR Design of structures for robustness cen:proj:76522

Scope

Introduction
The work within CEN/TC 250/WG 6 intends to bring together the material produced by Mandate M/515 project teams WG6.T1 and WG.T2 as well as JRC Background material. The material is to be presented as complimentary design support and codified style to enhance ease of use for designers and clients.

The document is to support the 2nd generation of EN Eurocodes, enabling and supporting structural engineers designing for robustness to the expectations of, specifically, EN 1990 (Basis of structural design). The provisions will be equally valuable for the designer across the other material codes in the Eurocode family of standards. Whilst the focus is on provisions for new build structures, the challenge of assessing existing structures is not overlooked. A number of work items will be equally relevant in this
regard, albeit at this stage not proposed to be a specific focus for the work. The TR will focus on new build structures but parallel effort is proposed as part of ‘business-as-usual’ business of CEN/TC 250/WG 6 (the responsible CEN/TC 250 committee), aligning and complimenting as much as possible and maintaining active liaison with progress in the wider Eurocode family of standards, especially ‘Assessment of existing structures’ as required.

A number of key work strands will be progress, here only in outline headlines, albeit full background information is available from previous work under Mandate M/515: Content list will include:
• Terms and definitions
• Strategies and scenarios
• Design guidelines
• Calculation methods and approaches
• Material considerations and provisions
• Inter-disciplinary design requirements
• Other?

Scope (to be further developed)
The document will provide complimentary design support and codified information for robustness of structures, building and expanding on existing and widely accepted information and state-of-the-art guidelines.