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3.6 NORM – Default Design Code

NORM

Item Description Unit Default

DC Design code family LT EN

EN Eurocodes
DIN German Standard
OEN Austrian Standard
SIA Swiss Standard
AS Standard
BS British Standard
IS Indian Standard
US US Standards (ACI etc.)
GB Chinese Building Codes
NF French Standard
UNI Italian Standard
UNE Spanish Standard
SS Swedish Standard
DS Danish Standard
NS Norwegian Standard
SP Russian Standard
NZS New Zealand Standard
SFS Finnish Standard
NEN Netherlands Standard
NBN Belgian Standard
NBR Brazilian Standard
ZA South African Standard

NDC Designation of a specific design code Lt16 -

COUN Country code for boxed values within EN − *
CAT Category or Class Lt4 -/!

LON Geographic longitude ◦ 0

LAT Geographic latitude ◦ 45
G Gravity acceleration m/ sec2 *
ALT Altitude above sea level m 0.0
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Item Description Unit Default

WIND Wind zone Lt4 *

SNOW Snow zone Lt4 *
SEIS Seismic zone Lt4 *
WCAT Terrain category for wind Lt4 *

UNIT Selection of a set of units − *

LANG Selection of a output language default − *

Many defaults for materials, superposition and design are selected according to the selected
design code and an optional country code and all the other data provided with this record. It is
therefore requested to specify this data with the beginning of the project.

A redefinition of the design code after the definition of actions or load cases have been
defined or the editing of the INI-File to include ”missing” materials does not comply with
the provisions of SOFiSTiK for a proper use of the software.

It is possible to redefine the design code NORM temporarily for the design (eg. concrete / steel)
if the parameters of the actions remain the same. As this might have some special risque, the
user should use this option thoroughly.

Although there are still explicit code fragments in the software unavoidable, many of the defaults
are specified in so called INI-Files located in the SOFiSTiK directory. The name of the matching
INI-file is derived from the given data as DC_NDC.INI.

Some properties (e.g. Eurocode) are dependant on national variants (boxed values). Corre-
sponding INI-files to EN 1992-2004 and EN 1993-2005 and the country code may be used to
select those values, as far as we have got notice of them. The country code for example is valid
for deviations in Hong Kong to the British Standard 8110, 5400, 5950 or similar. Examples for
the country code:

00 General EN
HK / 852 Hong Kong

The ”boxed values” can be modified manually with the record TVAR.

Some codes require or allow the selection of a category or class. This can then be specified
with CAT. The possible items are given in the INI-File. For evaluations with historic design
codes not available with an INI-file, the definition of CAT USER allows to specify any name of
the design code.

In the case of a subsequent modification of these classes or categories the input which
depends on the design code has to be checked and adapted if necessary.

The extend to which the specified latitude, altitude, wind/snow or earthquake zone definitions
are accounted for is described in the program manuals of the modules using those values. The
user should never assume that all regulations of the design codes are automatically fulfilled
when selecting such a value. The possible items and defaults are given in the matching INI-

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File. The resultant values which result from the altitude or the wind/snow/earthquake zones
have to be checked in the corresponding programs in the case of a subsequent modification.
E.g. for some design codes the combination coefficients of the snow depend on the altitude.
In the case of a modification of the altitude combination coefficients have to be adapted by the
user if necessary.

If the user wants to suppress such a value completely he may specify it with ”NONE”. The
load case of self weight is always accounted for following the definitions of the design codes,
an explicit definition of G has to be done only in those cases where the true local value should
be applied.

The item UNIT or d LANG will be processed only in AQUA or TEMPLATE. With a definition of
UNIT a set of units will be selected globally for all input and output data in all other modules.
The default is specified in the INI-file. Definitions with record PAGE will be active only within
the current module.

The following design codes are available as INI-Files and/or special program code has been
created to cope with special regulations. The marks A and B indicate if this code has been
implemented in AQB and BEMESS. For more detailed information, especially which provisions
of the codes have been implemented, please check the manuals and the HTM-files of the
design programs. In many cases it is possible to add some clauses within short time within the
program or with CADINP.

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EN - Eurocodes

Description UNIT Design

EN 1992-2004 EN 1992-1-1 (2004) 5 A,B

EN 1992-2:2008
CAT AN/AP Buildings for default combinations accord-
ing to Table 7.1N EN 1992-1-1 and design values
(boxed values)
Buildings / Buildings with bonded tendons
CAT B/C/D Road bridges / Footbridges / Railroad
bridges for default actions and design values for
bridges (boxed values)
EN 1993-2005 EN 1993-1-1 (2005) 5 A
EN 1993-2:2009
CAT A Buildings for default combinations and design
values (boxed values)
CAT B/C/D Road bridges / Footbridges/ Railroad
bridges for default actions and design values for
bridges (boxed values)
EN 1994-2004 EN 1994-1-1 (2004) 5 A
EN 1994-2:2008
CAT AN/AP Buildings for default combinations accord-
ing to Table 7.1N EN 1992-1-1 and design values
(boxed values)
Buildings /Buildings with bonded tendons
CAT B/C/D Road bridges / Footbridges / Railroad
bridges for default actions and design values for
bridges (boxed values)
EN 1995-2004 EN 1995-1 (2004) 5 A
CAT 1/2/3 Service class
EN 1992-1991 EN 1992-1 (1991) 5 A,B
CAT N/P Building construction

DIN - Deutsche Norm

Description UNIT Design

DIN EN1992-2004 DIN EN 1992-1-1/NA:2013 5 A,B

DIN EN 1992-2/NA:2013
CAT AN/AP/AV Hochbau für voreingestellte Kom-
binationen nach Tabelle 7.1 DE und Bemes-
sungswerte (boxed values)
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Description UNIT Design

Hochbau / Hochbau Spannbeton sofor-

tiger Verbund / Hochbau Spannbeton
nachträglicher Verbund
CAT B/C/D Straßenbrücken / Fußgängerbrücken/
Eisenbahnbrücken für Einwirkungen und Be-
messungswerte für Brücken (boxed values)
DIN EN1993-2005 DIN EN 1993-1-1/NA:2010-12 5 A
DIN EN 1993-2/NA:2014
CAT A Hochbau für voreingestellte Kombinationen
und Bemessungswerte (boxed values)
CAT B/C/D Straßenbrücken / Fußgängerbrücken /
Eisenbahnbrücken für Einwirkungen und Be-
messungswerte für Brücken (boxed values)
DIN EN1994-2004 DIN EN 1994-1-1/NA:2010 5 A,B
DIN EN 1994-2/NA:2010
CAT AN/AP/AV Hochbau für voreingestellte Kom-
binationen nach Tabelle 7.1 DE und Bemes-
sungswerte (boxed values)
Hochbau / Hochbau Spannbeton sofor-
tiger Verbund / Hochbau Spannbeton
nachträglicher Verbund
CAT B/C/D Straßenbrücken / Fußgängerbrücken /
Eisenbahnbrücken für Einwirkungen und Be-
messungswerte für Brücken (boxed values)
DIN 1045-2008 DIN 1045-1 (2008) 0 A,B
CAT -/A/B/C/D/E/F (Tab. 18)
Klassifizierung von Nachweisbedingungen
DIN FB102-2009 DIN Fachbericht 102 (2009) 0 A,B
CAT A/B/C/D/E (Tab. 4.118) Klassifizierung von
Nachweisbedingungen, keine Voreinstellung
von Kombinationen
DIN FB103-2009 DIN Fachbericht 103 (2009) 2 A
DIN FB104-2009 DIN Fachbericht 104 (2009) 0 A
DIN 18800 Stahlbau (Nov. 2008) 2 A
CAT A/B
A voreingestellte Überlagerung DIN 18800
B voreingestellte Überlagerung DIN 1055-100
DIN 1052-2008 Holzbau (2008) 0 A
CAT 1/2/3 Nutzungsklassen
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Description UNIT Design

DIN 1045-1 DIN 1045-1 (2001) 0 A,B

CAT -/A/B/C/D/E/F (Tab. 18) Klassifizierung von
Nachweisbedingungen
DIN FB102-2003 DIN Fachbericht 102 (2003) 0 A,B
CAT A/B/C/D/E (Tab. 4.118) Klassifizierung von
Nachweisbedingungen
DIN 1045 Alte Norm (1988) 0 A,B
DAfStb hochfest.Beton (1995) A
DIN 4227 Alte Spannbetonnorm + Anhang A1 (1995) 0 A
DIN FB103-2003 DIN Fachbericht 103 (2003) 2 A
DIN FB104-2003 DIN Fachbericht 104 (2003) 0 A
CAT A/B/C/D/E (Tab. 4.118 des FB 102), Klassi-
fizierung von Nachweisbedingungen
DIN 18800-1990 Stahlbau (1990) 2 A
DIN 1052-1988 Holzbau (1988) 0 A

OEN - Österreichische Norm

Description UNIT Design

OEN EN1992-2004 OENORM B 1992-1 (2011) 5 A,B

OENORM B 1992-2 (2008)
CAT AN/AP/AV Hochbau für voreingestellte Kom-
binationen nach Tabelle 4 B 1992-1-1 und
Bemessungswerte (boxed values)
Hochbau / Hochbau Spannbeton sofor-
tiger Verbund / Hochbau Spannbeton
nachträglicher Verbund
CAT B/C/D Straßenbrücken / Fußgängerbrücken /
Eisenbahnbrücken für Einwirkungen und Be-
messungswerte für Brücken (boxed values)
OEN EN1993-2005 OENORM B 1993-1-1 (2007) 5 A
OENORM B 1993-2 (2008)
CAT A Hochbau für voreingestellte Kombinatio-
nen und Bemessungswerte (boxed values)
CAT B/C/D Straßenbrücken / Fußgängerbrücken /
Eisenbahnbrücken für Einwirkungen und Be-
messungswerte für Brücken (boxed values)
OEN 4700 Stahlbeton OENORM B 4700 (2001) 0 A,B
OEN 4750 Spannbeton OENORM B 4750 (2000) 0 A
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Description UNIT Design

OEN 4300 Stahl OENORM B 4300 (1994) 0 A

For the old design codes OEN 4200, OEN 4250, OEN 4253 no INI files exist. The program
AQB is so programmed that the appropriate design is done with input of the design code. As
materials BOE is input for concrete and BSOE for steel.

SIA - Schweizer Norm

Description UNIT Design

SIA 262 Schweizer Betonbaunorm (2013) 0 A,B

SIA 263 Schweizer Stahlbaunorm (2003) 2 A
SIA 265 Schweizer Holzbaunorm (2003) 0 A
CAT 1/2/3 Service class

BS - British Standard

Description UNIT Design

BS EN1992-2004 NA to BS EN 1992-1-1:2004 (2005) 6 A,B

NA to BS EN 1992-2:2005
CAT AN/AP Building construction for default combi-
nations according to Table 7.1N EN 1992-1-1
and design values (boxed values)
Buildings / Buildings with bonded tendons
CAT B/C/D Road bridges / Footbridges / Railroad
bridges for default actions and design values
for bridges (boxed values)
BS 8110 British Standard Concrete (1997) 6 A,B
COUN country code Hong Kong
HK/852
BS 5400 British Standard Concrete Bridge (1990) 6 A
CAT 0 without Prestress
CAT 1/2/3 Prestress for Class 1/2/3
COUN country code Hong Kong
HK/852
COUN country code Israel
IL/972
BS 5950 British Standard Steelwork (2001) 6 A
COUN country code Hong Kong
HK/852

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US - American Standards and Unified Building Code

Description UNIT Design

US ACI-318-14 American Standard ACI / UBC (2014) 9 A,B

US ACI-318-08 American Standard ACI / UBC (2008) 9 A
US AASHTO-2014 American Highway (2014) 8 A
US AASHTO-2010 American Highway (2010) 8 A
US AASHTO-2004 American Highway (2005) 8 A
US AISC-2005 American Standard AISC (Steel) 2005 9 A

SP - Russian Standard

Description UNIT Design

SP 63-13330 SP 63.13330.20112 (Concrete) 0 A,B

SP 16-13330 SP 16.13330.2011 (Steel) 2 A

IS - Indian Standard

Description UNIT Design

IS 456 Indian Standard (2000) (Concrete) 6 A

IS IRC112 Indian Roads Congress: Code of Practice for Concrete Road 6 A
Bridges (2011)

AS - Australian Standard

Description UNIT Design

AS 3600 Concrete Structures (2009) 6 A,B

AS 4100 Structural Steel (1998) 6 A
AS 5100 Bridge Design (2004) 6 A

UNE - Instrucciones Espaniola

Description UNIT Design

UNE EHE Instrucion de hormign estructural 0 A,B

Nivel de control de ejecucin:
EHE Normal
EHE_INTENSIO Intensio
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Description UNIT Design

EHE_REDUCIDO Reducido

UNI - Decreto Ministeriale Italiane

Description UNIT Design

UNI DM-2018 Decreto Ministeriale 2018: Norme Tecniche per le 5 A,B

Costruzioni
CAT A Costruzioni Civili
CAT B/C Ponti Stradali / Ferroviari
UNI DM-2008 Decreto Ministeriale 2008 0 A,B
CAT A1 Costruzioni Civili
CAT A2/A3 Ponti Stradali / Ferroviari

NF - AFNOR Association Francaise de Normalisation

Description UNIT Design

NF EN1992-2004 Annexe Nationale la NF EN 1992-1-1 5 A,B

NF EN 1992-2/NA:2007
CAT AN/AP Bâtiments for default actions according
to Tableau 7.1NF NF EN 1992-1-1/NA and de-
sign values (boxed values)
Buildings / Buildings with bonded tendons
CAT B/C/D Ponts routiers / Passerelles / Ponts fer-
roviaires for default actions and design values
for bridges (boxed values)
NF EN1993-2005 Annexe Nationale la NF EN 1993-1-1 5 A
NF EN 1993-2/NA:2007
CAT A Bâtiments for default combinations and de-
sign values (boxed values)
CAT B/C/D Ponts routiers / Passerelles / Ponts fer-
roviaires for default actions and design values
for bridges (boxed values)
NF BAEL Règles techniques de conception et de calcul des ou- 0 A,B
vrages et constructions en béton armé suivant la méth-
ode des états limites.
BAEL/BPEL 91 revises 99
CAT B/P Bâtiments / Ponts-routes

SS - Swedish Standard

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Description UNIT Design

SS EN1992-2004 National Annex to Eurocode 2 5 A,B

SS-EN 1992-1-1:2004/NA:2018,
SS-EN 1992-2:2005/NA:2019
according to Boverkets författningssamling - BFS
2019:1 EKS 11
and Transportstyrelsens författningssamling - TSFS
2018:57
CAT
A1 byggnader & säkerhets"-klass 1
A2 Byggnader & säkerhets"-klass 2
A3 Byggnader & säkerhetsklass 3
B1 Vägbroar & säkerhets"-klass 1
B2 Vägbroar & säkerhets"-klass 2
B3 Vägbroar & säkerhets"-klass 3
B4 Vägbroar & säkerhets"-klass 4
C1 Gangbroar & säkerhets"-klass 1
C2 Gangbroar & säkerhets"-klass 2
C3 Gangbroar & säkerhets"-klass 3
C4 Gangbroar & säkerhets"-klass 4
D1 Järnvägsbroar & säkerhets"-klass 1
D2 Järnvägsbroar & säkerhets"-klass 2
D3 Järnvägsbroar & säkerhets"-klass 3
D4 Järnvägsbroar & säkerhets"-klass 4
- buildings with default combinations and design values
(boxed values)
- bridges with default actions and design values for
bridges (boxed values)
SS BBK-04 Boverkets Handbok om Betongkonstruktioner 0 A,B
CAT 1/2/3 (Säkerhetsklass lg/normal/hög)
SS BRO-2004 Vägverket BRO 2004 0 A
CAT 1/2/3 (Säkerhetsklass lg/normal/hög)

DS - Danish Standard

Description UNIT Design

DS EN1992-2004 National Annex to Eurocode 2 5 A,B

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Description UNIT Design

EN 1992-1-1 DK NA:2011
CAT
LE low safety & extended control
NE normal safety & extended control
HE high safety & extended control
LN low safety & normal control
NN normal safety & normal control (default)
HN high safety & normal control
LR low safety & reduced control
NR normal safety & reduced control
HR high safety & reduced control
- safety according to EN 1990 DK NA:2011
consequences classes
- control according to EN 1992-1-1 DK NA:2011 in-
spection level
DS EN1993-2005 National Annex to Eurocode 3 5 A
EN 1993-1-1 DK NA:2007
CAT
LE low safety & extended control
NE normal safety & extended control
HE high safety & extended control
LN low safety & normal control
NN normal safety & normal control (default)
HN high safety & normal control
- safety according to EN 1990 DK NA:2011
consequences classes
- control according to EN 1993-1-1 DK NA:2007 in-
spection level
DS 411 Norm for betonkonstruktioner 0 A,B
CAT
LE low safety & extended control
NE normal safety & extended control
HE high safety & extended control
LN low safety & normal control
NN normal safety & normal control (default)
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Description UNIT Design

HN high safety & normal control

LR low safety & reduced control
NR normal safety & reduced control
HR high safety & reduced control
DS 411-bro Norm for betonkonstruktioner 3 A,B
Default for superpositions for bridges
CAT
LE low safety & extended control
NE normal safety & extended control
HE high safety & extended control
LN low safety & normal control
NN normal safety & normal control (default)
HN high safety & normal control
LR low safety & reduced control
NR normal safety & reduced control
HR high safety & reduced control

NS - Norsk Standard

Description UNIT Design

NS EN1992-2004 National Annex to Eurocode 2 5 A,B

NS-EN 1992-1-1:2004/NA:2008,
NS-EN 1992-2:2005/NA:2010
CAT
A1 Bygninger & palitelighetsklasse 1
A2 Bygninger & palitelighetsklasse 2
A3 Bygninger & palitelighetsklasse 3
A4 Bygninger & palitelighetsklasse 4
B Vegbruer (palitelighetsklasse 3)
C Gangbruer (palitelighetsklasse 3)
D Jernbanebruer (palitelighetsklasse 3)
- buildings with default combinations and design values
(boxed values)
- bridges with default actions and design values for
bridges (boxed values)
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Description UNIT Design

- palitelighetsklasse according to NS EN 1990/NA

NS 3472 Prosjektering av Stalkonstruksjoner 0 A
CAT 1/2/3/4 (Palitelighetsklasse) Liten / Middels /
Stor / Saerlig stor
NS 3473 Prosjektering av Betongkonstruksjoner 0 A
CAT 1/2/3/4 (Palitelighetsklasse) Liten / Middels /
Stor / Saerlig stor

SFS - Finnish Standard

Description UNIT Design

SFS EN1992-2004 National Annex to Eurocode 2 5 A,B

SFS-EN 1992-1-1 NA:2007
CAT
A1 Buildings & safety class 1
A2 Buildings & safety class 2
A3 Buildings & safety class 3
B1 Road bridges & safety class 1
B2 Road bridges & safety class 2
B3 Road bridges & safety class 3
C1 Footbridges & safety class 1
C2 Footbridges & safety class 2
C3 Footbridges & safety class 3
D1 Railroad bridges & safety class 1
D2 Railroad bridges & safety class 2
D3 Railroad bridges & safety class 3
- buildings with default combinations and design val-
ues (boxed values)
- bridges with default actions and design values for
bridges (boxed values)
- safety class according to SFS EN 1990/NA

NEN - Netherlands Standard

Description UNIT Design

NEN EN1992-2004 NEN-EN 1992-1-1+C2/NB:2011 5 A,B

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Description UNIT Design

NEN-EN 1992-2+C1/NB:2011
CAT AN1/AN2/AN3 Buildings & safety class 1/2/3
CAT AP1/AP2/AP3 Buildings with bonded ten-
dons & safety class 1/2/3
for default combinations according to Table
7.1N EN 1992-1-1 and design values
CAT B1/B2/B3 Road bridges & safety class 1/2/3
CAT C1/C2/C3 Footbridges & safety class 1/2/3
CAT D1/D2/D3 Railroad bridges & safety class
1/2/3
- buildings with default combinations and design val-
ues (boxed values)
- bridges with default actions and design values for
bridges (boxed values)
- safety class according to NBN EN 1990/NA

NBN - Belgian Standard

Description UNIT Design

NBN EN1992-2004 NBN EN 1992-1-1 ANB:2010 5 A,B

NBN-EN 1992-2 ANB:2014
CAT AN1/AN2/AN3 Buildings & safety class 1/2/3
CAT AP1/AP2/AP3 Buildings with bonded ten-
dons & safety class 1/2/3
for default combinations according to Table
7.1N EN 1992-1-1 and design values
CAT B1/B2/B3 Road bridges & safety class 1/2/3
CAT C1/C2/C3 Footbridges & safety class 1/2/3
CAT D1/D2/D3 Railroad bridges & safety class
1/2/3
- buildings with default combinations and design val-
ues (boxed values)
- bridges with default actions and design values for
bridges (boxed values)
- safety class according to NBN EN 1990/NA
NBN EN1993-2005 NBN EN 1993-1-1 ANB:2010 5 A
NBN-EN 1993-2 ANB:2011
CAT A1/A2/A3 Buildings & safety class 1/2/3 for
default combinations and design values
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Description UNIT Design

CAT B1/B2/B3 Road bridges & safety class 1/2/3

CAT C1/C2/C3 Footbridges & safety class 1/2/3
CAT D1/D2/D3 Railroad bridges & safety class
1/2/3
- buildings with default combinations and design val-
ues (boxed values)
- bridges with default actions and design values for
bridges (boxed values)
- safety class according to NBN EN 1990/NA

NZS - New Zealand Standards

Description UNIT Design

NZS 3101 Concrete Structures Standard (1995) 6 A,B

GB - Chinese Standard

Description UNIT Design

GB 50010 Chinese Standard for Concrete Structures (2002) 0 A

NBR - Brazilian Standard

Description UNIT Design

NBR 6118-2003 Norma Brasileira, Projeto de estruturas de concreto - 5 A,B

Procedimento
CAT A Edifcios
CAT B Pontes rodovirias
CAT C Passarelas de pedestres
CAT D Pontes ferrovirias

ZA - South African Standard

Description UNIT Design

ZA TMH7 Code of Practice for the Design of Highway Bridges and Cul- 6 A
verts in South Africa (1989)
CAT 0 without Prestress
CAT 1/2/3 Prestress for Class 1/2/3

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