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4) Eurocodes
Eurocode (EC) codes are European standards for structural design.
They align with current national standards and allow the practitioner to use common calculation criteria and can also be used abroad.
In particular, the following are applicable to the design and construction of parapets:
- Eurocodice 0 Uni En 1990-General Structural Design Criteria: Provides basic guidelines for dealing with the semi-propagated limit state design, verification combinations, security factors (unless otherwise specified) for the combination of actions.
- Eurocodice 1 Uni En 1991-Structural Actions: Provides the necessary information to determine the calculation actions on structures, in varying degrees, from loads due to the crowd and snow, wind, thermal loads resulting from a fire, those in the mounting steps and more specific ones on bridges.
- Eurocodice 3 Uni En 1993-Design of steel structures: it is dedicated to steel structures.
- Eurocodice 8 Uni En 1998-Design of Seismic Resistance Structures: It is dedicated to the seismic aspect: it connects to others in relation to the material used (concrete, steel, wood, geotechnics).