Non-Conform View at Eurocode 7-1 and Its Calibration

0387769 - ÚTAM 2013 RIV SG eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Koudelka, Petr
Non-Conform View at Eurocode 7-1 and Its Calibration.
5th APS on Structural Reliability and Its Application – Sustainable Civil Infrastructures. Singapore: Design, CRC a iTEK CMS Web solutions, 2012 - (Phoon, K.; Beer, M.; Quek, S.; Pang, S.), s. 200-205. ISBN 978-981-07-2218-0.
[APS on Structural Reliability and Its Application – Sustainable Civil Infrastructures /5./. Singapore (SG), 23.05.2012-25.05.2012]
Grant - others:GA ČR(CZ) GAP105/11/1160
Program: GA
Institutional support: RVO:68378297
Keywords : ultimate limit state design * characteristic value * material partial factor * resistance partial factor * earth pressure theory
Subject RIV: JM - Building Engineering

The paper deals two problems of a theory of the Code. Interaction between a handmade structure and touching soil/rock mass or behaviour of a solitary soil/rock mass are extraordinarily complex tasks of mechanics of which objects distinguish themselves by very complicated non-linear behaviour. Generally in mechanics, it is well-known that an application of coefficients and factors for non-linear analyses is incorrect. What it is very strange it is that an ordinary official geotechnical practice in Europe (EC 7-1) does not respect this basic principle of mechanics applying a statistical definition of characteristic value and material partial factors. The application of any changes of real physical mass properties for inputs of the Ultimate Limit State Design of EC 7-1 appears to be a rejection of the principle of mechanics.
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