ABSTRACT
It is also intended to initiate a discussion and to compare the different methods in different countries within Europe.
2 SAFETY CONCEPT
Eurocode 7 admits three ways to investigate safety. In Germany procedure 2* was introduced. This means the following steps:
− design of the structural system − determination of characteristic loads and calcu-
lation of characteristic effects − determination of design values for effects by
multiplying the characteristic values with the partial safety factors
− investigation that the design values of effects are smaller or equal to the design values of resistences.
