Limitations (Concrete wall: EC2)
The requirements of clause 9.6 are applied to all walls, irrespective of their length to thickness ratio. (Isolated compression members with a length to thickness ratio less than 4 should be defined as columns rather than walls.)
The following general exclusions also apply:
- Seismic design
- Consideration of fire resistance. (You are however given full control of the minimum cover dimension to the reinforcement and are therefore able to take due account of fire resistance requirements.)
- Multi-stack reinforcement lifts