DIN Standards Committee Building and Civil Engineering
Eurocode 8 - Design of structures for earthquake resistance - Part 5: Geotechnical aspects, foundations, retaining and underground structures
Abstract
1.1 Scope of EN 1998-5 (1) This document establishes general principles for the design and assessment of geotechnical systems in seismic regions. It gives general rules relevant to all families of geotechnical structures, to the design of foundations, retaining structures and underground structures and complements EN 1997-3 for the seismic design situation. (2) This document contains the basic performance requirements and compliance criteria applicable to geotechnical structures and geotechnical systems in seismic regions. (3) This document refers to the rules for the representation of seismic actions and the description of the seismic design situations defined in EN 1998-1-1 and provides specific definition of the seismic action applicable to geotechnical structures. 1.2 Assumptions (1) The assumptions of EN 1990 apply to this document.
Begin
2025-08-01
WI
00250303
Planned document number
DIN EN 1998-5/A1
Project number
00520018
Responsible national committee
NA 005-51-06 AA - Earthquakes; Special issues (national mirror committee for CEN/TC 250/SC 8)
Responsible european committee
CEN/TC 250/SC 8/WG 7 - Evolution of Eurocode 8
