Stress fields and strut-and-tie models as a basic tool for design and verification in second generation of Eurocode 2

Within the frame of revision Eurocode 2 for concrete structures, section devoted to strut-and-tie design has been updated enhance its applicability, consistency with other sections and ease-of-use. As a result, number changes have introduced. Namely, use stress fields their combination classical models incorporated. The in this can be seen as an effort provide more comprehensive general tool designers, that transparently applied any structural member sufficient reinforcement crack control. In paper, between field methods is clarified well fundamentals performed 2. paper also elaborates how code used advanced analyses, considering explicit manner compatibility deformations obtain refined estimates resistance.