b2c4cc19-edbe-4150-bcac-dd643505e76320210128033418015naunmdt@crossref.orgMDT DepositInternational Journal of Mechanics1998-444810.46300/9104http://www.naun.org/cms.action?id=2828128202112820211510.46300/9104.2021.15https://www.naun.org/cms.action?id=23280Experiences With Using of Loading Tests and the “design Assisted by Testing” Method for the Determination and Verification of Structural Members and DetailsMichalŠtrbaFaculty of Civil Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Veveří St. 331/95, 602 00, Brno, Czech RepublicMarcelaKarmazínováFaculty of Civil Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Veveří St. 331/95, 602 00, Brno, Czech RepublicPavlaBukovskáFaculty of Civil Engineering, Brno University of Technology, Veveří St. 331/95, 602 00, Brno, Czech RepublicThis paper describes experiences with use of different types of experiments (i.e. loading tests) as well as with use of socalled “Design assisted by testing” method given in the standard “Eurocode 1”. Both these mentioned ways are useful in case of a determination and verification of important design parameters, material properties and load-carrying capacities (in case of different types of stresses, used materials or geometric configurations of designed constructions or their elements and details). In this area, during recent years, large number of miscellaneous loading tests have been performed at the authors’ workplace. Therefore, all presented information and all described experiment results in this article are directly based on solved experimental (and theoretical) research programs carried out at Institute of Metal and Timber Structures at the Faculty of Civil Engineering at Brno University of Technology in cooperation with research institutes and companies in the Czech Republic. 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