Steel Structures II

General

• Code: ΔΟΜ017
• Semester: 7th
• Study Level: Undergraduate
• Course type: Special Background
• Teaching and exams language: Ελληνικά
• Teaching Methods (Hours/Week): Lectures (4)
• ECTS Units: 4
• Exams Schedule:
  • 24/06/2026, 15:00 - 17:00:

Course Contents

Steel connections with mechanical fasteners (bolts, pins, rivets) and welds. Joints in truss and frame
structures (classification, modelling and analysis methods). Design of steel connections in accordance
with the provisions of Eurocode 3. Shear and tension connections. Design of steel structures against
seismic actions according to the provisions of Eurocode 8. Construction aspects of steel structures.
Class 4 cross-sections. Design against corrosion and fire. Overhead crane runway beams.

Educational Goals

Upon the successful completion of the course the students are anticipated to:
– Understand, analyse and evaluate the mechanical behaviour of typical steel connections;
– Identify the possible failure mechanisms of typical steel connections;
– Analyse, evaluate and design typical connections in steel structures;
– Understand and evaluate the seismic actions that are imposed in steel structures;
– Develop the structural system of typical steel structures (including their connections) for resisting
static and seismic actions;
– Understand the consequences of accidental or unexpected actions in steel structures;
– Select appropriate surface protection measures for steel structures.

General Skills

– Search, analysis and synthesis of information and data using the appropriate technology
– Decision making
– Student individual project
– Project planning and management
– Criticism and self-criticism
– Production of free, creative and inductive thinking

Teaching Methods

Face to face.

Teaching Organization

Students Evaluation

Formative evaluation consisting of:
– Non-compulsory homework exercises focusing on problem
solving
– Final written exams comprising problem-solving questions

Recommended Bibliography

• Σοφιανόπουλος Σ. Δημήτρης, Στοιχεία Μεταλλικών Κατασκευών, 2006, Εκδόσεις
  Παπασωτηρίου, ISBN, 9789607530745
• Μπανιωτόπουλος Χαράλαμπος Κ. 2003. Συνδέσεις μεταλλικών κατασκευών, Εκδόσεις Ζήτη,
  ISBN: 9789604318926
• – Sofianopoulos S.D. 2006. Elements in metal structures. Publisher: Παπασωτηρίου, ISBN: 9789607530745
  (in Greek)
  – Baniotopoulos, C.K. 2003. Connections of metal structures. Publisher: Ζήτη, ISBN: 9789604318926 (in
  Greek)