Codes and standards for Europe

摘要

In this paper the interrelation among three different Eurocodes for estimating ground strength parameters and soil inertia effects in seismic situations is analysed. It is also shown that in order to estimate the real consequences of partial factors being applied separately, the Resistance Factor Approach considered in the new version of Eurocode 7 appears to be the most realistic and perhaps a reference approach to other possibilities offered by the Eurocodes for the analysis of ground ultimate states under static and dynamic conditions.