Josha456
Structural
- Apr 19, 2021
- 11
Hi,
I am looking at a mezzanine design to Eurocodes (EC). The advice specific to this type of structure seems a bit sparse, BRE Digest 437 gives guidance that is mainly to the old British Standards (BS) but dips into Eurocodes as well.
My question is regarding the appropriate equivalent horizontal force to use. The BRE guide suggests that a notional horizontal force of 2% in place of the typical 0.5% is appropriate due to the low dead / live load ratio and lack of wind loading to the structure. There is no update to this guidance for EC, as the EHF's are similar to NHF's I am tempted to think that the same justification is appropriate and to use 2% but I find it difficult to believe this common type of structure does not have a updated guidance for the current codes, am I missing something?
Thanks
I am looking at a mezzanine design to Eurocodes (EC). The advice specific to this type of structure seems a bit sparse, BRE Digest 437 gives guidance that is mainly to the old British Standards (BS) but dips into Eurocodes as well.
My question is regarding the appropriate equivalent horizontal force to use. The BRE guide suggests that a notional horizontal force of 2% in place of the typical 0.5% is appropriate due to the low dead / live load ratio and lack of wind loading to the structure. There is no update to this guidance for EC, as the EHF's are similar to NHF's I am tempted to think that the same justification is appropriate and to use 2% but I find it difficult to believe this common type of structure does not have a updated guidance for the current codes, am I missing something?
Thanks
