italian version

Aims :

The primary objectives of the course are to provide fundamental understanding of the behaviour and design of steel structures. The course will be delivered by means of lectures and tutorials.

Topics :

Design principles: idealization of the structural system: geometry, discretisation, support and loading conditions; methods of allowable stress design and limit state design.
Loads on structure: dead and live loads, wind and snow loads, thermal loadings; load combinations for the strength and serviceability limit states.
Structural steel: designation, material properties, cross-sectional shapes of hot-rolled and cold-formed sections, standard tests for the characterisation of the material mechanical properties.
Design of structural steel members: allowable stress and design stress; design of members subjected to axial compression or tension, moment and shear force; design at service conditions.
Bolt and weld groups: bolt group behaviour and design, weld group behaviour and design.
Bolted and welded connections: design of spliced connections and plate cleats.
Structural stability: buckling of columns subjected to axial loads, uniaxial bending and combined actions; introduction to local buckling and plate slenderness limits.

Textbooks :

Ballio G., Mazzolani F. M., Strutture in acciaio, Ed. Hoepli, Milano. (in Italian)
Radogna E.F., Tecnica delle Costruzioni - Fondamenti delle Costruzioni di acciaio, Editoriale ESA, Milano, 1989. (in Italian)

Exam :

The assessment criteria of this course relies on the outcomes of an oral exam which mainly focuses on the evaluation of the student understanding of the theoretical aspects of the behaviour and design of steel structural elements and on the ability of the students to solve a short written question dealing with a simple practical design problem.

Tutorial Session :

The lecturer is available on Thursdays from 10.30 to 12.30 a.m. in his office at the Department of Architecture, Construction and Structures – Area Structures.