Steel and Mixed Construction Technologies
The Steel and Mixed Construction Technologies (SMCT) group is coordinated by Luรญs Simรตes da Silva from the University of Coimbra and consists of 25 PhD members. SMCT addresses the societal challenges of security, industry 4.0, blue economy, energy, cities of the future and climate change effects, focusing on buildings, bridges and infrastructures, wind towers and offshore structures.
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Group SMCT - Steel and Mixed Construction Technologies
Security covers the resilience of infrastructures to accidental actions (e.g. fire and seismic) and new risks (climate change or terrorist attacks). Industry 4.0 aims to develop disruptive products/solutions using a multidisciplinary holistic approach covering the characterization and improvement of material properties, integration of technologies and production processes and assembling.
Energy and the blue economy use the sea resources with new and improved solutions for the exploitation of renewable energy/safe extraction of fossil fuels and the quantification of the risk of exceptional hazards on offshore structures. Cities of the Future and Climate Change effects aim to develop adaptive housing and building solutions in line with the demography/well-being of populations.
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โจ MODENERLANDSโ25 | CA20109 International Conference โจ
Modular Energy Islands for Sustainability and Resilience
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September 03โ05, 2025
๐ Figueira da Foz, Portugal
ISISE participated in MODENERLANDSโ25, the international conference that marked the conclusion of four years of collaboration within the COST Action CA20109.
The event brought together researchers, scientists, and young talents from across Europe, fostering knowledge sharing and discussions on sustainable and resilient energy solutions. ๐โก
ISISE is proud to have contributed as coordinator of the organising committee through some of its members.
๐ Representing ISISE at the organising committee: Carlos Rebelo, Helena Gervรกsio, Mariela Mendez-Morales, Luana Tesch, Jafar Tekantappeh, Melaku Seyoum Lemma and Kaike Monteiro
#ISISE #SMCT #RoE #UCoimbra #DEC #FCTUC #Modenerlands #COSTAction
#RenewableEnergy #Sustainability #Innovation #Engineering #Collaboration
๐ ๐๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง | Towards Stochastic Characterization of Welded Beam-to-Column Steel Joints Using ANNs ๐ค๐ฉ
โ Can Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) transform the way we design and assess steel joints?
This work explores how Artificial Neural Networks can enhance structural data augmentation for welded steel joints, enabling efficient prediction of stiffness and moment resistance from a large FE database. The study also highlights challenges in extending deterministic ANN training to stochastic applications, paving the way towards reliability-based design of ductile steel joints.
๐จ๐ป๐ Filip Ljubinkoviฤ, Adriano de Carvalho, Fernando Ribeiro, Jorge Conde, Luรญs Simรตes da Silva
๐๏ธ Structural Engineering International
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#ISISE #SMCT #dad #Dec #ucoimbra #fctuc
#ArtificialNeuralNetworks #steelstructures #WeldedJoints #finiteelementmethod #MonteCarloSimulation #StructuralEngineering
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๐ ISISE PhD Spotlight ๐ฌ
Discover the future of structural engineeringโone pitch at a time!
๐ฝ๏ธ This weekโs featured presentation from the ISISE PhD Webinar Series:
๐๏ธ Eliana Inca Cabrera (Cluster: SMCT/DAD)
๐ โSeismic Behaviour of Point Fixed Laminated Glass Facadesโ
Eliana examines how glass facades perform under seismic loadsโimportant for earthquake resilience.
๐บ Watch now: buff.ly/tvZAZ0a
๐ข Join the discussion on safer architectural design!
#ISISE #SMCT #DAD #SeismicEngineering #GlassFacades #PhDResearch
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๐ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง!
Did you know that 3๐-๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ?
Our latest article in ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ด shows how ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ (๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ข) develops strong elastic and plastic anisotropy and how we can ๐ข๐ค๐๐๐ก ๐๐ฉ.
Curious to see more? ๐
๐๐ปFull article (open access): buff.ly/IUZv8cR
๐จ๐ปโ๐ David Andrade (UC), Vedrana Cvitanic (FESB), Luรญs Simoes da Silva (UC), Dulce Rodrigues (UC)
#ISISE #SMCT #dad #Dec #dem #ucoimbra #fctuc #fesb
#3dprinting #WAAM #AdditiveManufacturing
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๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ฉ
How does cold-formed steel really behave when exposed to fire?
This study proposes a ๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ that accurately predicts fracture initiation and propagation up to 700 ยฐC, validated across multiple steel grades and applied to structural members under fire.
๐ Ductile damage model for cold-formed steel under tension at elevated temperatures
๐จ๐ปโ๐ Rohola Rahnavard, Hรฉlder D. Craveiro, Rui A. Simรตes
๐๏ธ Structures (Elsevier)
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#ISISE #SMCT #EE #Dec #ucoimbra #fctuc #ColdFormedSteel #StructuralFireEngineering #steelstructures #firesafety
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๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
During the first week of July, ISISE was represented at the #evaces2025 Conference in Porto, where PhD student Seyed Amin Hosseini presented two papers on the seismic performance of glass faรงade systems.
Papers presented:
๐ Seismic floor acceleration demands for European steel frames designed with different damage limitation criteria
๐จ๐ปโ๐Seyed Amin Hosseini, Sandra Jordรฃo, Chiara Bedon, Carlos Rebelo
๐Mechanical Characterisation and Numerical Modelling of Structural Silicon Sikasilยฎ SG-500; Uniaxial Tensile Test
๐จ๐ปโ๐Seyed Amin Hosseini, Eliana Inca-Cabrera, Sandra Jordรฃo, Carlos Leitรฃo, Afonso Mesquita
Both studies provide valuable insights to improve the seismic resilience and safety of modern building envelopes.
#ISISE #SMCT #Roe #Dec #fctuc #ucoimbra
#evaces #GlassFacade #facadeengineering #silicon #experimental #FEM
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