Steel Structures I

General

Course Contents

Structural steel: mechanical properties and typical structural applications. Structural analysis and
Eurocode 3 provisions for the design of steel structures. Load combinations. Ultimate and
serviceability limit states. Local buckling and cross-section classification. Resistance of steel crosssections and steel members under tension, compression, bending, shear and combined action
effects. Buckling resistance of steel members. Flexural and lateral-torsional buckling. Structural
layouts and load resisting mechanisms of typical steel structures.

Educational Goals

Upon the successful completion of the course the students are anticipated to:
– Understand the load resisting mechanisms in typical steel structures;
– Understand and analyse the mechanical behaviour of beam-type steel members;
– Identify possible failure mechanisms;
– Check and design steel members according to the Eurocode 3 provisions

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

ActivitySemester workload
Lectures42
Individual study62
TOTAL102
Total206

Students Evaluation

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

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