prEN 1998-4

Eurocode 8 - Design of structures for earthquake resistance - Part 4: Silos, tanks, pipelines, towers, masts and chimneys

EN 1998-4 is applicable to the seismic design of on-ground and elevated silos, on-ground, elevated and underground tanks, above-ground and buried pipeline systems, towers, masts and chimneys and ancillary elements attached to the aforementioned structures or in industrial facilities.

Eurocode 8 - Auslegung von Bauwerken gegen Erdbeben - Teil 4: Silos, Tankbauwerke und Rohrleitungen, Türme, Maste und Schornsteine

Eurocode 8 - Calcul des structures pour leur résistance au séisme - Part 4: Silos, réservoirs, canalisations, tours, mâts et cheminées

Evrokod 8: Projektiranje potresnoodpornih konstrukcij – 4. del: Silosi, rezervoarji, cevovodi, stolpi, jambori in dimniki

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Publication Date: 14-Jan-2025
• ICS: 91.010.30 - Technical aspects
• ICS: 91.060.40 - Chimneys, shafts, ducts
• ICS: 91.120.25 - Seismic and vibration protection
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 250 - Structural Eurocodes
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 250/SC 8/WG 7 - Evolution of Eurocode 8
• Current Stage: 4060 - Closure of enquiry - Enquiry
• Start Date: 28-Dec-2023
• Due Date: 23-Feb-2024
• Completion Date: 28-Dec-2023
• Mandate: M/515 - Mandate for amending existing Eurocodes and extending the scope of structural Eurocodes
• Ref Project: oSIST prEN 1998-4:2023 - Eurocode 8 - Design of structures for earthquake resistance - Part 4: Silos, tanks, pipelines, towers, masts and chimneys

Relations

• Revises: EN 1998-4:2006 - Eurocode 8 - Design of structures for earthquake resistance - Part 4: Silos, tanks and pipelines
• Effective Date: 12-Oct-2022
• Revises: EN 1998-6:2005 - Eurocode 8: Design of structures for earthquake resistance - Part 6: Towers, masts and chimneys
• Effective Date: 12-Oct-2022

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
oSIST prEN 1998-4:2023
01-december-2023
Evrokod 8: Projektiranje potresnoodpornih konstrukcij – 4. del: Silosi, rezervoarji,
cevovodi, stolpi, jambori in dimniki
Eurocode 8 - Design of structures for earthquake resistance - Part 4: Silos, tanks,
pipelines, towers, masts and chimneys
Eurocode 8 - Auslegung von Bauwerken gegen Erdbeben - Teil 4: Silos, Tankbauwerke
und Rohrleitungen, Türme, Maste und Schornsteine
Eurocode 8 - Calcul des structures pour leur résistance au séisme - Part 4: Silos,
réservoirs, canalisations, tours, mâts et cheminées
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN 1998-4
ICS:
91.010.30 Tehnični vidiki Technical aspects
91.060.40 Dimniki, jaški, kanali Chimneys, shafts, ducts
91.120.25 Zaščita pred potresi in Seismic and vibration
vibracijami protection
oSIST prEN 1998-4:2023 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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DRAFT
EUROPEAN STANDARD
prEN 1998-4
NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM

September 2023
ICS Will supersede EN 1998-4:2006, EN 1998-6:2005
English Version

Eurocode 8 - Design of structures for earthquake
resistance - Part 4: Silos, tanks, pipelines, towers, masts
and chimneys
Eurocode 8 - Calcul des structures pour leur résistance Eurocode 8 - Auslegung von Bauwerken gegen
au séisme - Part 4: Silos, réservoirs, tuyauteries, tours, Erdbeben - Teil 4: Silos, Tankbauwerke und
mâts et cheminées Rohrleitungen, Türme, Maste und Schornsteine
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CEN/TC 250.

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Contents Page
European foreword . 7
0 Introduction . 8
0.1 Introduction to the Eurocodes . 8
0.2 Introduction to EN 1998 Eurocode 8 . 8
0.3 Introduction to prEN 1998-4 . 9
0.4 Verbal forms used in the Eurocodes . 9
0.5 National annex for prEN 1998-4 . 9
1 Scope . 11
1.1 Scope of prEN 1998-4 . 11
1.2 Assumptions .
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