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Eurocode 6: Design of masonry structures
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<p>In the <a href="/facts/Eurocode/dhRmVRhE">Eurocode</a> series of <a href="/facts/European_Committee_for_Standardization/BwwUrMgy">European standards</a> (EN) related to <a href="/facts/Construction/58eqDhy9">construction</a>, <i>Eurocode 6: Design of masonry structures</i> (abbreviated EN 1996 or, informally, EC 6) describes how to design buildings and civil engineering works, or parts thereof, in unreinforced, reinforced, prestressed and confined <a href="/facts/Masonry/TlaDzpUp">masonry</a>, using the <a href="/facts/Limit_state_design/AkehuBnd">limit state design</a> philosophy. It was approved by the <a href="/facts/European_Committee_for_Standardization/BwwUrMgy">European Committee for Standardization</a> (CEN) on 23 June 2005. </p><p>EN 1996 deals only with the requirements for resistance, serviceability and durability of masonry structures and is divided into the following parts. </p>