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Validation and verification are two distinct actions required to qualify simulation results. As such, the level of confidence in the results of a model, a fortiori a complex one, is very low in the absence of elements attesting to a validation and verification approach. This is a major challenge, given the significant contributions made by non-linear constitutive laws in civil engineering (
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- Bases de calcul des structures - NF EN 1990 - mars 2003
- Calcul des structures en béton - NF EN 1992-1 - octobre 2011
- Calcul des structures pour leur résistance aux séismes - NF EN 1998-1 - octobre 2010
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