EN1995 <i>Eurocode 5: Design of timber structures</i>

EN1995 Eurocode 5: Design of timber structures poses two problems to the growing number of UK structural timber designers—the change from permissible stress to limit state and the introduction of new code material, such as symbols, terminology, material properties and calculation procedures. This papers introduces the new standard and concludes that while it offers solutions to a wider range of timber design problems than BS 5268 it is not fail-safe with regard to the use or non-use of modification factors. Furthermore, whereas BS 5268 is essentially a slide-rule code, Eurocode 5 requires programmed support so development of appropriate software is a priority.