(1) EN 1991-1-7 provides strategies and rules for safeguarding buildings and other civil engineering
works against identifiable and unidentifiable accidental actions.
(2) EN 1991-1-7 defines:
– strategies based on identified accidental actions,
– strategies based on limiting the extent of localised failure.
(3) The following subjects are dealt with in this part of EN 1991:
– definitions and symbols (Section 1);
– classification of actions (Section 2);
– design situations (Section 3);
– impact (Section 4);
– explosions (Section 5);
– design for consequences of localised failure in buildings from an unspecified cause (informative
Annex A);
– information on risk assessment (informative Annex B);
– dynamic design for impact (informative Annex C);
– internal explosions (informative Annex D).
(4) Rules on dust explosions in silos are given in EN 1991-4.
(5) Rules on impact from vehicles travelling on the bridge deck are given in EN 1991-2.
(6) EN 1991-1-7 does not specifically deal with accidental actions caused by external explosions, warfare
and terrorist activities, or the residual stability of buildings or other civil engineering works damaged by
seismic action or fire, etc.
BS EN 1991-1-7:2006 Referenced Document
EN 1990 Eurocode - Basis of structural and geotechnical design*， 2023-03-22 Update
EN 1991-1-1 Eurocode 1: Actions on structures - Part 1-1: General actions - Densities, self-weight and imposed loads for buildings
EN 1991-1-6 Eurocode 1 - Actions on structures Part 1-6: General actions - Actions during execution*， 2013-02-01 Update
EN 1991-2 Eurocode 1 - Actions on structures - Part 2: Traffic loads on bridges and other civil engineering works*， 2023-11-22 Update
EN 1991-4 Eurocode 1 - Actions on structures - Part 4: Silos and tanks
EN 1992 Eurocode 2 - Design of concrete structures - Part 4: Design of fastenings for use in concrete
EN 1993 Eurocode 3 - Design of steel structures - Part 6: Crane supporting structures*， 2009-07-01 Update
EN 1994 Eurocode 4 - Design of composite steen and concrete structures - Part 2: General rules and rules for bridges
EN 1995 Eurocode 5 - Design of timber structures - Part 2: Bridges*， 2024-04-18 Update
EN 1996 Eurocode 6 - Design of masonry structures - Part 3: Simplified calculation methods for unreinforced masonry structures*， 2023-11-22 Update
EN 1997 Eurocode 7 - Geotechnical design - Part 2: Ground investigation and testing*， 2010-06-02 Update
EN 1998 Eurocode 8: Design of structures for earthquake resistance - Part 6: Towers, masts and chimneys
EN 1999 Eurocode 9 - Design of aluminium structures - Part 1-5: Shell structures*， 2023-03-22 Update