Description

Theory
2

Theory/Practice
2

Instructors

Elza Fonseca

Contents

1.STEEL STRUCTURES-10%
Eurocodes: bases, actions, and design of steel structures.
Geometric characterization and properties of materials.
2. ANALYSIS OF STEEL STRUCTURES-10%
Ultimate limit states and services.
Stability and imperfections.
Cross-section classification.
3. STEEL CONNECTIONS-25%
Current and prestressed bolted connections. Positioning. Individual resistance and net cross-sections.
Welded connections. Calculation of weld resistance: Directional and simplified methods.
4. COMBINATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF LOADS-25%
Permanent and variable actions (overload, snow, wind).
Thermal actions.
5. ELEMENTS DESIGN-30%
Design.
Plasticity.
Resistance of cross-sections (axial, bending, transverse, torsion, combined bending).
Buckling (critical, plastic, and resistant load). Elements with constraints.
Lateral torsional buckling (critical and resistant moment). Elements without lateral constraints.
6.STEEL STRUCTURE DESIGN
Calculation with Eurocodes and computational simulation.

Learning Outcomes

To give students the necessary skills to:
(O1) Apply previously acquired knowledge in several structural engineering fields.
(O2) Apply such knowledge to the solving of problems of analysis and design of steel structures.
(O3) Develop design activity, as well as to plan the construction of medium sized steel structures.