European Commission

technical steel research

Steel structures

Partial safety factors for resistance of steel

elements to EC3 and EC4
Calibration for various steel products
and failure criteria
B. Charbrolin
CTICM
BP 64, F-78470 Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse
Labein
Cuesta de Olabeaga 16, Apartado 1234, E-48013 Bilbao
ProfilARBED
L-4221 Esch-sur-Alzette
RWTH
Mies-van-der-Rohe Strae 1, D-52074 Aachen
The Steel Construction Institute
Silwood Park, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7QN, United Kingdom
TNO
Postbus 49, 2600 AA Delft, The Netherlands
SAES
Sohnstrae 65, D-40237 Dsseldorf

Contract No 7210-SA/322, 422, 936, 123, 521, 124, 838, 622

1 July 1994 to 31 December 1997

Final report

Directorate-General for Research

2002

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European Commission
EUR 20344 Steel structures
Partial safety factors for resistance of steel elements to EC3 and EC4
Calibration for various steel products and failure criteria

B. Charbrolin
Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
2002 181 pp. 21 x 29.7 cm
Technical steel research series
ISBN 92-894-3696-4
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