Designer's guide to Eurocode 1: actions on buildings EN1991-1-1 and -1-3 to -1-7

This series of Designers Guides to the Eurocodes provides comprehensive guidance in the form of design aids, indications for the most convenient design procedures and worked examples. The books also include background information to aid the designer in understanding the reasoning behind and the objectives of the codes. All of the individual guides work in conjunction with the Designers' Guide to EN 1990 Eurocode: Basis of Structural Design. The part of Eurocode 1 covered by this guide, EN 1991-1, addresses the general actions on building and civil engineering structures. This Designers' Guide looks specifically at actions on buildings, including full explanation, commentary, examples, and direction to the National Annex documents on each of the following sub-parts of the code: 1-1: Densities, self-weight and imposed loads 1-3: Snow loads 1-4: Wind actions 1-5: Thermal actions 1-6: Actions during execution 1-7: Accidental actions This guide is essential reading for: civil and structural engineers code-drafting committees clients structural-design students public authorities product manufacturers in fact, everyone who will be affected by the Eurocodes.