New National Annex to DIN EN 1998-1
New approaches to seismic design and implications for precast concrete structures
The April 2005 version of DIN 4149 continues to be the officially applicable German standard for load assumptions and the design and execution of buildings for earthquake resistance. Although the Eurocodes with their respective National Annexes were implemented in Germany, the National Annex to DIN EN 1998-1 prepared in 2011 was not adopted by the German building authorities. In October 2018, DIN published a completely revised draft National Annex (yellow print). It contains a number of new additions, including
new seismic hazard maps for Germany for the 475, 975 and 2,475-year return periods
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