Eurocode 7

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European Standard 1997-1 and 1997-2
National standards DIN EN 1997-1: 2014-03,
DIN EN 1997-2: 2010-10
Area Construction
Regulates Design, calculation and dimensioning in geotechnical engineering
Brief description Eurocode 7
Latest edition 2004 (part 1) and 2007 (part 2)

The Eurocode 7 (often short EC 7 ) is the name of the European standard EN 1997 with the title Design , Calculation and Dimensioning in Geotechnics and part of the series of Eurocodes .

EN 1997, which has been adopted as a national standard by the member states of the European Committee for Standardization ( CEN ), is subdivided into Part 1 General Rules and Part 2 Exploration and Investigation of the Subsoil . The standard is always used in conjunction with Eurocode 0 , which defines the basics of structural planning. The earthquake-proof design is expressly not part of EC 7 . For this purpose, part 1 of EN 1997 refers to Eurocode 8 , the rules of which are u. a. the EC 7 is supplemented by the aspects of earthquake-proof construction.

The current German version of the standard is DIN EN 1997 with its two parts (Part 1 from March 2014 and Part 2 from October 2010), the corresponding national annexes (each from December 2010).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DIN EN 1997: Eurocode 7: Design, calculation and dimensioning in geotechnical engineering - Part 1: General rules; German version EN 1997-1: 2004 + AC: 2009 - September 2009. p. 12