Advanced Analysis Methodologies for Bridge Design

Recommended Prerequisites

The pre-requisites of this course are those corresponding to the application for the MSc course CMM.

Teaching Methods

Lectures (30 hours) with detailed exposition, using visual aids, concepts, principles and theories and to solve some practical exercises that meet all the needs of students with guidelines on the matter. Tutorial lessons (22.5 hours) to answer questions. Occasionally students are invited to attend lectures by visiting specialists. 

Learning Outcomes

Dublin descriptors

1. Knowledge and ability to understand

1.1. Understanding and using concepts of the theoretical foundations for bridge structures

1.2. Understand the structure of discipline and connection with others

1.3. Ability to synthesize information

2. Application of Knowledge and Understanding

2.1. Apply knowledge to solve problems in new situations

3. Realization of judgment / decision making

3.1. To interpret data, support and argue orally and in writing of certain decisions

4. Communication

4.1. Understand and know how to use sources of information. Ability to use research and literature

4.2. Learn adequately convey the knowledge, even for non-specialist audiences

5. Self-learning skills

5.1. ability to learn independently throughout their lives.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Module A – APPLIED THEORY OF PLATES AND SHELLS

1.  THEORY OF PLATES: IN-PLANE LOADING

2.  SHEAR LAG

3.  THEORY OF PLATES: TRANSVERSALLY LOADED PLATES, PLATES LOADED IN-PLANE AND TRANSVERSALLY

4. UNSTIFFENED AND STIFFENED PLATES LOADED IN COMPRESSION

5. THEORY OF SHELLS

6.  NUMERICAL SOLUTIONS BY FEM

Module B – DESIGN OF PLATED STRUCTURES

1. Introduction to the design of slender sections. Global analysis

2. Ultimate behaviour of unstiffened and stiffened plates

3. Design of plated members: direct stresses

4. Design of plated members: shear resistance

5. Design of plated members: transverse forces

6. Design of plated members: stress interactions

7. Detailing of transverse and longitudinal stiffeners

Module C – FATIGUE OF STEEL STRUCTURES

1. Basis of fatigue design in steel structures

2. Fatigue loads and determination of stresses and stress ranges

3. Fatigue strength

4. Reliability and verification

5. Brittle fracture.

Head Lecturer(s)

Trayana Stoykova Tankova

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Project: 30.0%
Exam: 70.0%

Bibliography

Simões da Silva, L e Gervásio, H - “Manual de Dimensionamento de Estruturas Metálicas: métodos avançados”, CMM Press, Coimbra, 2007.

-NP EN 1993-1-5:2011 – Eurocode 3: Projecto de Estruturas em Aço, Parte 1.5: Elementos estruturais constituídos por placas, Instituto Português de Qualidade, Lisboa, 2011

 

-CEN. EN 1993-1-7:2007 – Eurocode 3: Design of Steel Structures, Part 1.7: Plated structures subjected to out-of-plane loading, European Committee for Standardization, Brussels, 2006.

-NP EN 1993-1-9: Design of steel structures: Fatigue”, European Committee for Standardisation.

-NP EN 1993-1-10: Design of steel structures: Material toughness and through thickness properties”, European Committee for Standardisation.

- LTBeam - “Lateral Torsional Buckling of Beams”, v1.0.10, 25/2/2011, CTICM, 2011.

- www.steelbizfrance.com/telechargement/desclog.aspx?idrub=1&lng=2

- EBPlate - Critical stresses for the elastic bucking of plates”, v2.01, 29/4/2010, CTICM, 2010.

- www.steelbizfrance.com/