Chapter 1: Scope
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Published:2025
Roger P Johnson, Stephen J Hicks, 2025. "Scope", Designers' Guide to EN 1994-1-1: 2026 Eurocode 4: Design of composite steel and concrete structures: Part 1.1: General rules and rules for buildings, Roger P Johnson, Stephen J Hicks
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Clause 1.1 refers to ‘basic rules for the design of composite structures’ for ‘buildings’ and ‘bridges’. The Eurocodes are concerned with structural behaviour. Other requirements – for example, thermal and acoustic insulation, are not considered.
In EN 1994-1-1, all rules that are for buildings only are preceded by a heading that includes the word ‘buildings’ or, if an isolated paragraph, are placed at the end of the relevant clause – for example, clause 7.4.2.3(5). All other provisions are ‘general’ – for example, most of the rules for resistance to bending apply for a composite beam in a building as in a bridge, so those rules are ‘general’ and appear in EN 1994-1-1, even for rules where most applications occur in bridges.
