FOREWORD
1 INTRODUCTION
   1.1 SCOPE
        1.1.1 Scope of EN 1998-2
        1.1.2 Further parts of EN 1998
   1.2 NORMATIVE REFERENCES
        1.2.1 Use
        1.2.2 General reference standards
        1.2.3 Reference Codes and Standards
        1.2.4 Additional general and other reference
               standards for bridges
   1.3 ASSUMPTIONS
   1.4 DISTINCTION BETWEEN PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATION RULES
   1.5 DEFINITIONS
        1.5.1 General
        1.5.2 Terms common to all Eurocodes
        1.5.3 Further terms used in EN 1998-2
   1.6 SYMBOLS
        1.6.1 General
        1.6.2 Further symbols used in Sections 2 and 3
               of EN 1998-2
        1.6.3 Further symbols used in Section 4 of EN 1998-2
        1.6.4 Further symbols used in Section 5 of EN 1998-2
        1.6.5 Further symbols used in Section 6 of EN 1998-2
        1.6.6 Further symbols used in Section 7 and
               Annexes J, JJ and K of EN 1998-2
2 BASIC REQUIREMENTS AND COMPLIANCE CRITERIA
   2.1 DESIGN SEISMIC ACTION
   2.2 BASIC REQUIREMENTS
        2.2.1 General
        2.2.2 No-collapse (ultimate limit state)
        2.2.3 Minimisation of damage
               (serviceability limit state)
   2.3 COMPLIANCE CRITERIA
        2.3.1 General
        2.3.2 Intended seismic behaviour
        2.3.3 Resistance verifications
        2.3.4 Capacity design
        2.3.5 Provisions for ductility
        2.3.6 Connections - Control of displacements -
               Detailing
        2.3.7 Simplified criteria
   2.4 CONCEPTUAL DESIGN
3 SEISMIC ACTION
   3.1 DEFINITION OF THE SEISMIC ACTION
        3.1.1 General
        3.1.2 Application of the components of the motion
   3.2 QUANTIFICATION OF THE COMPONENTS
        3.2.1 General
        3.2.2 Site dependent elastic response spectrum
        3.2.3 Time-history representation
        3.2.4 Site dependent design spectrum for
               linear analysis
   3.3 SPATIAL VARIABILITY OF THE SEISMIC ACTION
4 ANALYSIS
   4.1 MODELLING
        4.1.1 Dynamic degrees of freedom
        4.1.2 Masses
        4.1.3 Damping of the structure and stiffness
               of members
        4.1.4 Modelling of the soil
        4.1.5 Torsional effects
        4.1.6 Behaviour factors for linear analysis
        4.1.7 Vertical component of the seismic action
        4.1.8 Regular and irregular seismic behaviour of
               ductile bridges
        4.1.9 Non-linear analysis of irregular bridges
   4.2 METHODS OF ANALYSIS
        4.2.1 Linear dynamic analysis - Response spectrum
               method
        4.2.2 Fundamental mode method
        4.2.3 Alternative linear methods
        4.2.4 Non-linear dynamic time-history analysis
        4.2.5 Static non-linear analysis (pushover analysis)
5 STRENGTH VERIFICATION
   5.1 GENERAL
   5.2 MATERIALS AND DESIGN STRENGTH
        5.2.1 Materials
        5.2.2 Design strength
   5.3 CAPACITY DESIGN
   5.4 SECOND ORDER EFFECTS
   5.5 COMBINATION OF THE SEISMIC ACTION WITH OTHER ACTIONS
   5.6 RESISTANCE VERIFICATION OF CONCRETE SECTIONS
        5.6.1 Design resistance
        5.6.2 Structures of limited ductile behaviour
        5.6.3 Structures of ductile behaviour
   5.7 RESISTANCE VERIFICATION FOR STEEL AND
        COMPOSITE MEMBERS
        5.7.1 Steel piers
        5.7.2 Steel or composite deck
   5.8 FOUNDATIONS
        5.8.1 General
        5.8.2 Design action effects
        5.8.3 Resistance verification
6 DETAILING
   6.1 GENERAL
   6.2 CONCRETE PIERS
        6.2.1 Confinement
        6.2.2 Buckling of longitudinal compression
               reinforcement
        6.2.3 Other rules
        6.2.4 Hollow piers
   6.3 STEEL PIERS
   6.4 FOUNDATIONS
        6.4.1 Spread foundation
        6.4.2 Pile foundations
   6.5 STRUCTURES OF LIMITED DUCTILE BEHAVIOUR
        6.5.1 Verification of ductility of critical sections
        6.5.2 Avoidance of brittle failure of specific
               non-ductile components
   6.6 BEARINGS AND SEISMIC LINKS
        6.6.1 General requirements
        6.6.2 Bearings
        6.6.3 Seismic links, holding-down devices, shock
               transmission units
        6.6.4 Minimum overlap lengths
   6.7 CONCRETE ABUTMENTS AND RETAINING WALLS
        6.7.1 General requirements
        6.7.2 Abutments flexibly connected to the deck
        6.7.3 Abutments rigidly connected to the deck
        6.7.4 Culverts with large overburden
        6.7.5 Retaining walls
7 BRIDGES WITH SEISMIC ISOLATION
   7.1 GENERAL
   7.2 DEFINITIONS
   7.3 BASIC REQUIREMENTS AND COMPLIANCE CRITERIA
   7.4 SEISMIC ACTION
        7.4.1 Design spectra
        7.4.2 Time-history representation
   7.5 ANALYSIS PROCEDURES AND MODELLING
        7.5.1 General
        7.5.2 Design properties of the isolating system
        7.5.3 Conditions for application of analysis methods
        7.5.4 Fundamental mode spectrum analysis
        7.5.5 Multi-mode Spectrum Analysis
        7.5.6 Time history analysis
        7.5.7 Vertical component of seismic action
   7.6 VERIFICATIONS
        7.6.1 Seismic design situation
        7.6.2 Isolating system
        7.6.3 Substructures and superstructure
    7.7 SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ISOLATING SYSTEM
        7.7.1 Lateral restoring capability
        7.7.2 Lateral restraint at the isolation interface
        7.7.3 Inspection and Maintenance
ANNEX A (INFORMATIVE) PROBABILITIES RELATED TO THE
                       REFERENCE SEISMIC ACTION. GUIDANCE
                       FOR THE SELECTION OF DESIGN SEISMIC
                       ACTION DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE
ANNEX B (INFORMATIVE) RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DISPLACEMENT
                       DUCTILITY AND CURVATURE DUCTILITY
                       FACTORS OF PLASTIC HINGES IN CONCRETE
                       PIERS
ANNEX C (INFORMATIVE) ESTIMATION OF THE EFFECTIVE STIFFNESS
                       OF REINFORCED CONCRETE DUCTILE MEMBERS
ANNEX D (INFORMATIVE) SPATIAL VARIABILITY OF EARTHQUAKE
                       GROUND MOTION: MODEL AND METHODS OF
                       ANALYSIS
ANNEX E (INFORMATIVE) PROBABLE MATERIAL PROPERTIES AND
                       PLASTIC HINGE DEFORMATION CAPACITIES FOR
                       NON-LINEAR ANALYSES
ANNEX F (INFORMATIVE) ADDED MASS OF ENTRAINED WATER FOR
                       IMMERSED PIERS
ANNEX G (NORMATIVE) CALCULATION OF CAPACITY DESIGN
                       EFFECTS
ANNEX H (INFORMATIVE) STATIC NON-LINEAR ANALYSIS
                       (PUSHOVER)
ANNEX J (NORMATIVE) VARIATION OF DESIGN PROPERTIES OF
                       SEISMIC ISOLATOR UNITS
ANNEX JJ (INFORMATIVE) LAMBDA-FACTORS FOR COMMON ISOLATOR
                       ISOLATOR TYPES
ANNEX K (INFORMATIVE) TESTS FOR VALIDATION OF DESIGN
                       PROPERTIES OF SEISMIC ISOLATOR UNITS