Ultimate limit state

Concrete

Gamma m compression

Partial safety factor for concrete in compression.

NEN6720: Art. 6.1.1

Gamma m tension

Partial safety factor for concrete in tension.

NEN6720: Art. 6.1.2

Compression strain at begin plastic deformation

Strain at which the concrete starts to behave plastically in the bi-linear ULS stress-strain diagram.

NEN6720: Art. 6.1.4

Ultimate compression strain

The limit concrete strain.

NEN6720: Art 6.1.4

Plastic compression strain SLS

Strain at which the concrete starts to behave plastically in the bi-linear SLS stress-strain diagram for SLS.

NEN6720: Art. 6.1.4

Reinforcement

Gamma m

Partial safety factor for steel reinforcement

NEN6720: Art. 6.2.1

Default value = 1.15.

Ultimate strain for reinforcement steel

The ultimate limit strain for reinforcement steel.

NEN6720: Art. 6.2.4 – table 12

Default value = 0.00275.