Seismic Design, Assessment and Retrofitting of Concrete Buildings based on Eurocode 8




General Principles for the Design of Concrete

Buildings for Earthquake Resistance

Chapter 1 presents the requirements posed by modern seismic codes and standards

for the protection of life and property in new building designs and highlights the

means provided for their fulfilment. The requirements and design rules provided in

the European Standard for the seismic design of new buildings – EN 1998-1:2004,

termed also Part 1 of Eurocode 8 – are given certain emphasis and compared to

their US counterparts. These Eurocode 8 rules are elaborated further in Chapter 5

in the context of the process for the detailed design of new concrete buildings for

earthquake resistance.

Chapter 1 gives also an overview of a new thinking towards more comprehensive

coverage of the seismic performance needs of owners and occupants over

the lifetime of the building. This thinking is currently penetrating newly emerging

codes and standards for the seismic evaluation and upgrading of existing substandard

buildings, including EN 1998-3:2005 (also known as Part 3 of Eurocode 8).

The requirements and rules provided in this latter European Standard for the

seismic assessment and retrofitting of existing buildings are further elaborated in

Chapter 6.


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