Decoding the Eurocodes

Impact slideshows

The speakers from last week's BGA meeting 'Geotechnical Eurocodes – preparing for impact' have kindly made their presentations available for free download from this weblog:

• Dr Brian Simpson (Arup Geotechnics) - 'Geotechnical Eurocodes – preparing for impact'
• Dr John Powell (BRE) - 'Eurocode 7 Part 2'
• David Norbury (David Norbury Ltd)  - 'Eurocode 7 Part 2 - The attachments'
• Dr Andrew Bond (Geocentrix) - 'Pile design to Eurocode 7 and UK National Annex'

Enjoy!

Geotechnical Eurocodes – preparing for impact

The British Geotechnical Association is holding an evening meeting entitled 'Geotechnical Eurocodes – preparing for impact' on Wednesday 10th October 2007 at ICE, London. The main speakers and their topics are:

• Dr Brian Simpson (Arup) - general aspects of Eurocode 7 Part 1
• Dr John Powell (BRE) - general aspects of Eurocode 7 Part 2
• David Norbury (David Norbury Ltd) - TC341 standards supporting Eurocode 7 Part 2
• Dr Andrew Bond (Geocentrix) - pile design to Eurocode 7 (Part 1) and the UK National Annex

More details about BGA events can be found on the Association's website.

You can download a copy of my (Andrew Bond's) presentation in PDF format via the following link:

Download pile_design_to_eurocode_7_and_uk_national_annex.pdf

How should numerical codes implement the partial factor approach?

The British Geotechnical Association (BGA) is organising a half-day informal discussion entitled "Numerical method in design" for Monday 26th February. Speakers include Dr Brian Simpson, Mike Jefferies, Tony O'Brien, and Professor Helmut Schweiger.

The purpose of the meeting is to discuss how numerical codes (e.g. finite element programs) should implement the partial factor approach. This issue is particularly important with the introduction of Eurocode 7, which prescribes the use of partial factors without giving guidance on how to do it in such programs.

More details of the meeting can be found at www.britishgeotech.org.uk - I'll see you there!