Eurocode design guides and worked examples

How to use each calculator, and the Eurocode 2 checks explained the way an exam answer sets them out. Every number in the worked examples comes from the calculator itself.

Start here: a full worked example Beam design to Eurocode 2: a worked example of bending A simply supported RC beam designed for bending to EN 1992-1-1, step by step: loads, design moment, effective depth, lever arm, steel area and bars. 5 min read

Using the calculator

Step-by-step guides to each calculator: what to enter, what each result means, and how to read the calculation sheet.

Calculator guide How to use the Eurocode 2 calculator: a getting-started guide A tour of the free Eurocode 2 calculator: choosing the member and National Annex, entering loads, reading the checks, and downloading the PDF. 8 min read
Calculator guide Slab design calculator to Eurocode 2: one-way, continuous, cantilever and two-way slabs Design a reinforced concrete slab to EN 1992-1-1 with the free calculator: inputs, load arrangements, bending, shear, deflection and cracking. 5 min read
Calculator guide Beam design calculator to Eurocode 2: rectangular, T and L beams Design a reinforced concrete beam to EN 1992-1-1 with the free calculator: spans and sections, loads, bending, links, deflection and cracking. 4 min read
Calculator guide Column design calculator to Eurocode 2: braced, unbraced and slender columns Design a rectangular RC column to EN 1992-1-1 with the free calculator: end restraints, loads, slenderness, second order moments and biaxial bending. 4 min read
Calculator guide Footing design calculator to Eurocode 2: pad and strip footings Design a pad or strip footing to EN 1992-1-1 with the free calculator: bearing pressure, bending at the face, beam shear, punching and anchorage. 3 min read

Design guides with worked examples

The Eurocode 2 checks explained the way an exam answer sets them out, with every number worked by the calculator.

Design guide Shear design and links to Eurocode 2: a worked example Shear and links to EN 1992-1-1, worked step by step: resistance without links, the variable strut inclination method, the crushing limit and minimum links. 4 min read
Design guide Deflection and crack control to Eurocode 2: span/effective depth and Tables 7.2N and 7.3N How Eurocode 2 checks deflection by the span to effective depth ratio (7.16a, 7.16b) and cracking by bar size and spacing, with worked examples. 4 min read
Design guide Column slenderness to Eurocode 2: effective length, slenderness limit and nominal curvature A slender braced column to EN 1992-1-1, worked step by step: effective length, slenderness and its limit, imperfections, and the nominal curvature method. 4 min read
Design guide Pad footing design to Eurocode 2: bearing, bending, punching shear and anchorage A pad footing to EN 1992-1-1, worked step by step: ground pressure with eccentricity, bending at the face, beam shear, punching shear and anchorage. 5 min read
Design guide Load combinations and concrete cover to the Eurocodes: 6.10, 6.10a, 6.10b and nominal cover How EN 1990 combines loads (Expressions 6.10, 6.10a, 6.10b and the SLS combinations) and how EN 1992-1-1 sets the nominal cover to the steel. 4 min read

Reference

National Annex values, and moving from BS 8110 to the Eurocodes.

Reference The Sri Lanka National Annex to Eurocode 2: every value that differs from the recommended Every value of NA to SLS EN 1992-1-1:2013 that differs from the CEN recommended values, from the 0.85 concrete factor to bar spacing and column steel. 5 min read
Reference From BS 8110 to Eurocode 2: what changes for reinforced concrete design Moving from BS 8110 to EN 1992-1-1: concrete strength, partial factors, loads, bending, shear, deflection, cover and columns compared side by side. 5 min read