Steel and Mixed Construction Technologies
The Steel and Mixed Construction Technologies (SMCT) group is coordinated by Luís Simões 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.
Overview
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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🌏We had the pleasure of participating in the 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐃𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 (𝐒𝐃𝐒𝐒 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓), held in Barcelona from 8–10 September.
✨ A special highlight goes to the Keynote speech by Prof. Helena Gervásio:
“𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙡𝙚: 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙘𝙮𝙘𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨”
and to the participation of Filip Ljubinkovic as Chairman of the 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐈 session.
📖 Several researchers from our Institute contributed with their work:
➡️ 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯
👩🏻🔬 Authors: Neda Jankovic, Filip Ljubinkovic, Jorge Conde, Luís Simões da Silva
🎙️ Speaker: Neda Jankovic
➡️ 𝘔𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘯 𝘞𝘦𝘣 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘑𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴
👨🏻🔬🔬 Authors: Fernando Freire Ribeiro, Jorge Conde, Luís Simões da Silva
🎙️ Speaker: Fernando Freire Ribeiro
➡️𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘚 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 – 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴
👩🏻🔬 Authors: Milena Jankovic, Filip Ljubinkovic, Helena Gervásio, Luís Simões da Silva
🎙️ Speaker: Milena Jankovic
➡️ 𝘍𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴–𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘵-𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴
👨🏻🔬 Authors: Rohola Rahnavard, Hélder David Craveiro, Luís Simões da Silva
🎙️ Speaker: Rohola Rahnavard
➡️ 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘚𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
👨🏻🔬 Authors: Nuno Gomes, Hélder David Craveiro, Rui Simões, Carlos Rebelo, Luís Simões da Silva
🎙️ Speaker: Hélder David Craveiro
➡️𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘊𝘍𝘚 𝘗𝘶𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘯 (𝘡𝘪𝘨𝘮𝘢𝘹®) 𝘣𝘺 𝘌𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘛𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨
👨🏻🔬 Authors: Hélder David Craveiro, Luís Laím, João Pedro Martins, Rui Simões, Mariana Matos, Luís Simões da Silva
🎙️ Speaker: Hélder David Craveiro
➡️ 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘯-𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘐-𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴
👨🏻🔬 Authors: José Filho, Luís Simões da Silva, Trayana Tankova, Hermes Carvalho
🎙️ Speaker: Luís Simões da Silva
#ISISE #SMCT #UCoimbra
#SDSS2025 #FCT #FCTUC #DEC
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✨ MODENERLANDS’25 | CA20109 International Conference ✨
Modular Energy Islands for Sustainability and Resilience
📅 September 03–05, 2025
📍 Figueira da Foz, Portugal
ISISE participated in MODENERLANDS’25, 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. 🌍⚡
ISISE is proud to have contributed as coordinator of the organising committee through some of its members.
👏 Representing ISISE at the organising committee: Carlos Rebelo, Helena Gervásio, 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
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𝐍 𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 | Towards Stochastic Characterization of Welded Beam-to-Column Steel Joints Using ANNs 🤖🔩
❓ 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.
👨🏻🎓 Filip Ljubinković, Adriano de Carvalho, Fernando Ribeiro, Jorge Conde, Luís Simões da Silva
🗞️ Structural Engineering International
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#ISISE #SMCT #dad #Dec #ucoimbra #fctuc
#ArtificialNeuralNetworks #steelstructures #WeldedJoints #finiteelementmethod #MonteCarloSimulation #structuralengineering
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🎓 ISISE PhD Spotlight 🔬
Discover the future of structural engineering—one pitch at a time!
📽️ This week’s featured presentation from the ISISE PhD Webinar Series:
🎙️ Eliana Inca Cabrera (Cluster: SMCT/DAD)
📌 “Seismic Behaviour of Point Fixed Laminated Glass Facades”
Eliana examines how glass facades perform under seismic loads—important for earthquake resilience.
📺 Watch now: buff.ly/tvZAZ0a
🏢 Join the discussion on safer architectural design!
#ISISE #SMCT #DAD #SeismicEngineering #GlassFacades #PhDResearch
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🚀 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧!
Did you know that 3𝘋-𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯?
Our latest article in 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 shows how 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐀𝐀𝐌 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐥 (𝟑𝟏𝟔 𝐋𝐒𝐢) develops strong elastic and plastic anisotropy and how we can 𝙢𝙤𝙙𝙚𝙡 𝙞𝙩.
Curious to see more? 🌍
👉🏻Full article (open access): buff.ly/IUZv8cR
👨🏻🎓 David Andrade (UC), Vedrana Cvitanic (FESB), Luís Simoes da Silva (UC), Dulce Rodrigues (UC)
#ISISE #SMCT #dad #Dec #dem #ucoimbra #fctuc #fesb
#3dprinting #WAAM #additivemanufacturing
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