Advanced Building Design

Recommended Prerequisites

Students must have a strong background in structural mechanics and strength of materials. They should also have a good knowledge about structural analysis.

Teaching Methods

Classes run under theoretical and practical. In the classes are presented the theoretical concepts and the code formulations for the design of current portal frame buildings or multi-storey buildings. Simultaneously, some illustrative examples are solved. Students participate actively in the process of formation, being asked to present solutions to the proposed problems. Occasionally students are invited to attend lectures by visiting specialists. Tutorial lessons (22.5 hours) will be to answer questions.

Learning Outcomes

Address the key issues involved in the conception of steel and composite buildings. Transmit the knowledge necessary for the analysis and design of steel and composite structures of buildings, according to European regulations for structural design, including Eurocodes 3 and 4. Deepen the knowledge of the stability of structures and their elements, in particular when applied to steel frame structures.

The aim is the development of instrumental skills (oral and written communication and problem solving), personal (critical thinking) and systemic (apply in practice the theoretical knowledge and development of self-criticism and self-assessment), essential for the conception, analysis and design of portal frames or multi-store buildings.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Module A: Global Analysis of Steel Structures

   1. Basis of design and regulations

   2. Principles of conceptual design

   3. Structural modelling

   4. Structural analysis and stability of frames

   5. Cross section classification

Module B: Stability and Design of Steel Members

   1. Basic requirements

   2. Design of tensile steel members

   3. Basic concepts of plasticity and interaction formulae in the plastic range

   4. Design of cross-sections for bending, shear force and bending combined with shear force

   5. Uniform torsion and non-uniform torsion

   6. Stability and design of steel elements in compression.

   7. Lateral buckling of beams.

   8. Design of steel beams

   9. Stability and designof beam-columns

Module C: Design of Steel-Concrete Composite Structures (Part 1)

   1. General concepts

   2. Modelling and global analysis

   3. Shear connection

   4. Design of composite beams

Module D: Advanced design methodologies.

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

- Reis, A e Camotim, D., Estabilidade Estrutural, McGraw-Hill de Portugal, Lisboa, 2000.

- Simões, R. A. D., Manual de Dimensionamento de Estruturas Metálicas, Editor A. Lamas, CMM, 3ª Edição, Coimbra, 2014.

- Simões, L. A. P. S., Simões, R. and Gervásio, H., Design of Steel Structures, ECCS, Ernst Sohn, 2^nd Edition 2016.

- Trahair, N. S. – Flexural-Torsional Buckling of Structures, E&FN SPON, London, 1993.

- CEN (2002). EN 1990:2002 - Eurocode, Basis of Structural Design, European Committee for Standardization, Brussels.

- CEN (2005). EN-1993-1-1:2005 - Eurocode 3: Design of Steel Structures, Part 1-1: General rules and rules for buildings, European Committee for Standardization.

- CEN (2005). EN 1994-1-4 – Eurocode 4: design of Composite Steel-Concrete  Structures, Part 1.1: General rules an rules for buildings, European Committee for Standardization.