italian version

Aims :

The primary objectives of the course are to provide fundamental understanding of the behaviour and design of steel structural elements and connections. 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: load conditions (dead and live loads, wind and snow loads, thermal loadings) and their variability; 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 according to Italian code and European code; design at service conditions.
Structural stability: buckling of columns subjected to axial loads, uniaxial bending and combined actions according to Italian code and European code; introduction to other kinds of buckling phenomena.
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.


Textbooks :

Ballio G., Mazzolani F. M., Strutture in acciaio, Ed. Hoepli, Milano, 1987. (in Italian)
Ballio G., Bernuzzi C, Progettare costruzioni in acciaio, Ed. Hoepli, Milano,2004 (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 Wednesday from 11.30 to 13.30 a.m. in his office at the Department of Architecture, Construction and Structures – Area Structures.