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Cliff,

Considering design of slender precast load-bearing walls. BS8110 had clauses 3.9.4.9 and 3.9.4.12 which required that vertical load from the floor immediately above the wall was applied at an eccentricity of 0.167 times the thickness of the wall while other loads could be considered concentric. Has EC2 anything similar?

Giles

Giles, The simple answer is yes. However, Key2concrete is not really intended as a source of this type of design information. I would recommend one of the excellent guides published by The Concrete Centre as a more suitable source of guidance. In particular try 'How to Design Concrete Structures using Eurocode 2' (click here to find out more). In addition, The Concrete Centre publish design spreadsheets that would also help.

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