•Mechanical properties of structural steel. Yielding mechanism and hardening. Brittle and ductile fracture. High-cycle and low-cycle fatigue. Fracture prediction criteria for steel structural components under three-dimensional monotonic and cyclic loading.
•Geometric and material nonlinearities in steel frames. P-Δ and P-δ effects. Lateral-torsional buckling and conventional/geometric stiffness matrices of 14 degrees-of-freedom. Lumped and distributed plasticity. Local inelastic buckling and its effect on the monotonic and hysteretic behaviour of steel structural members. Nonlinear static and dynamic analysis of steel frames. Open source software in MATLAB. The software OpenSees. The software SAP2000.
•Introduction to Eurocode 8. Methods of analysis for buildings. Design criteria for buildings. Design criteria for seismic-resistant steel frames.
•Steel moment resisting frames. Design criteria in EC8. Design criteria in AISC. Structural details for ductile behaviour. Modelling for nonlinear dynamic analysis under seismic excitations.
•Steel concentric braced frames. Design criteria in EC8. Design criteria in AISC. Structural details for ductile behaviour. Modelling for nonlinear dynamic analysis under seismic excitations.
•Steel eccentric braced frames. Design criteria in EC8. Design criteria in AISC. Structural details for ductile behaviour. Modelling for nonlinear dynamic analysis under seismic excitations.
•Design of steel frames for low-damage seismic performance and resilience. Steel frames with buckling restrained braces or other metallic energy dissipation devices. Structural details. Modelling for nonlinear dynamic analysis under seismic excitations.
•Steel frames with viscous or viscoelastic dampers. Structural details. Modelling for nonlinear dynamic analysis under seismic excitations.
•Steel post-tensioned self-centering moment-resisting frames. Structural details. Modelling for nonlinear dynamic analysis under seismic excitations.
•Design of steel structures for robustness against extreme man-made hazards. The extreme scenario of sudden column loss due to blast or impact. Design guidelines against progressive collapse in Eurocode 1 (Part 1-7). Design guidelines for robustness and progressive collapse resistance in the UK. Design guidelines in the USA.
•Robustness of steel connections and joints. Behaviour of nominally pinned, partial-strength, and full-strength end plate beam-column connections under a loss of column scenario. Application of the component method of EC3 (Part 1-8) for the calculation of the rotational capacity of end plate connections under the influence of large tensile axial forces. Design recommendations for large rotational capacity.
•Simulation of the dynamic response of steel buildings to sudden column loss. Appropriate nonlinear models for beams, columns, joints, composite beams, and composite slabs.