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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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Luรญs Alberto Proenรงa Simรตes da Silva
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Alberto Belarmino dos Santos Simรตes
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Aldina Maria da Cruz Santiago
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Aleksa Miliฤ‡eviฤ‡
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Aleksandra Simovic
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Alfredo Manuel Pereira Geraldes Dias
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Amanda Carla Santos de Mendonรงa
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Name: 3DJOINTS
ID: 336
3DJOINTS โ€“ Three-dimensional behavior of steel joints
Project IR at ISISE: Luรญs Alberto Proenรงa Simรตes da Silva
Start Date: 05/01/2012
End Date: 04/30/2015
Institution: UC
Group: SMCT
Funding entity: FCT
Status: FINISHED
Name: AdaptiHand
ID: 556
AdaptiHand – Soluรงรฃo adaptativa e automatizada para manipulaรงรฃo em sistemasย deย produรงรฃo
Project IR at ISISE: Artur Jorge dos Santos Mateus
Start Date: 09/01/2024
End Date: 08/31/2027
Institution: UC
Group: SMCT
Cluster: DAD
Funding entity: P2030
Status: ONGOING
Name: AMConstruction
ID: 384
Additive Manufacturing in Steel Construction
Project IR at ISISE: Luรญs Alberto Proenรงa Simรตes da Silva
Start Date: 01/01/2020
End Date: 12/31/2023
Institution: UC
Group: SMCT
Cluster: DAD
Funding entity: Outros INT
Status: ONGOING
Name: ADDLIFE
ID: 584
ADDLIFE- Desenvolvimento de um sistema mรณvel de reparaรงรฃo aditiva por laser para a reabilitaรงรฃo de estruturas de aรงo degradadas
Project IR at ISISE: Sree Sabari
Start Date: 07/01/2025
End Date: 06/30/2028
Institution: UC
Group: SMCT
Cluster: DAD
Funding entity: P2030
Status: ONGOING
Name: ADHESIVESTEEL
ID: 113
ADHESIVESTEEL – Generalizaรงรฃo do uso de adesivos estruturais em pontes metรกlicas
Project IR at ISISE: Joรฃo Pedro Simรตes Cรขndido Martins
Start Date: 07/26/2018
End Date: 07/25/2022
Institution: UC
Group: SMCT
Cluster: DAD
Funding entity: FCT
Status: FINISHED
Name: AEOLUS4FUTURE
ID: 358
AEOLUS4FUTURE โ€“ Efficient harvesting of wind energy
Project IR at ISISE: Luรญs Alberto Proenรงa Simรตes da Silva
Start Date: 01/01/2015
End Date: 12/31/2018
Institution: UC
Group: SMCT
Funding entity: EU
Status: FINISHED

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๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ”ฉ

How do ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐›๐จ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ perform in bolted steel connections, and can EN 1993-1-8 design provisions be applied to them?
This study investigates the ๐ฆ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐š๐ง๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž of long bolts through 60 shear tests, assessing their behaviour, stiffness, and shear resistance. A ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ confirms that partial factors for standard bolts are applicable to long bolts, providing direct guidance for future ๐‚๐„๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ซ๐๐ฌ and extending EN 1993-1-8 design provisions.

๐Ÿ“– ๐๐ž๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐›๐จ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ
๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿป๐ŸŽ“ Neda Jankoviฤ‡, Filip Ljubinkoviฤ‡, Jorge Conde, Jelena Dobriฤ‡, Luรญs Simรตes da Silva
๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ Journal of Constructional Steel Research
๐Ÿ”— buff.ly/w9k3BRU

#ISISE #SMCT #EE #Dec #ucoimbra #fctuc #steelstructures #BoltedConnections #longbolts #connect4c #structuralengineering #CircularEconomy ... See MoreSee Less

2 weeks ago
๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐๏ฟฝ

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๐…๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐€๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ”ฉ

We are thrilled to announce that the paper, ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐š๐ฆ๐š๐ ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐-๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ญ ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ, by ISISE researchers ๐‘๐จ๐ก๐จ๐ฅ๐š ๐‘๐š๐ก๐ง๐š๐ฏ๐š๐ซ๐, ๐‡๐žฬ๐ฅ๐๐ž๐ซ ๐ƒ. ๐‚๐ซ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ข๐ซ๐จ, and ๐‘๐ฎ๐ข ๐€. ๐’๐ข๐ฆ๐จฬƒ๐ž๐ฌ, has been selected as a ๐…๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐๐š๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ by the Editor-in-Chief of ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ! ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿ”ฉ

Check the paper here ๐Ÿ‘‰ buff.ly/YJyDV1X

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3 weeks ago
๐…๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ

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๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ”ฉ๐Ÿ—๏ธ

How do bolted shear connectors perform in cold-formed steelโ€“lightweight concrete (CFS-LWC) composite beams?
This study presents a ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐š๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ of bolted shear connectors, revealing the influence of CFS thickness, bolt diameter, concrete strength, and connector grade. A ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง is proposed to predict shear resistance, accounting for flange curling, bearing forces, and local bending โ€” crucial for safe and efficient demountable solutions.

๐Ÿ“– ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐›๐จ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ง๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐-๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ž๐ฅโ€“๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฐ๐ž๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ž (๐‚๐…๐’โ€“๐‹๐–๐‚) ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฌ
๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿป๐ŸŽ“ Rohola Rahnavard, Hรฉlder D. Craveiro, Rui A. Simรตes, Shahabeddin Torabian, Benjamin W. Schafer
๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ (Elsevier)
๐Ÿ”— buff.ly/PwubolA

#ISISE #SMCT #Dec #ucoimbra #fctuc #coldformedsteel #LightweightConcrete #shearconnectors ... See MoreSee Less

3 weeks ago
๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐๏ฟฝ

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โœจ A huge thank you to Subsea7 and our amazing speakers, David Cassiano, Susana Quaresma and Tiago Manco, for their insightful session โ€œ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ: ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ข ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต โ€.

Your presentations offered an inspiring look into the challenges and innovations shaping subsea engineering. We truly appreciate your time and expertise โ€” and we look forward to many more fruitful interactions in the future!

#ISISE #SMCT #UC
#Subsea7 #Engineering #Collaboration #Innovation ... See MoreSee Less

1 month ago
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๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿงฎ๐Ÿ”ฉ

How can we ensure mesh-independent strain values in advanced FE-based resistance assessments of steel joints?
This study introduces a โ€˜๐›๐ฎ๐›๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ง๐  ' methodology that provides consistent peak strain estimates, invariant with mesh discretization โ€” a key step toward reliable numerical design in line with ๐„๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐จ๐๐ž ๐Ÿ‘ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ÿ-๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’.

๐Ÿ“– FE-based assessment of the resistance of steel joints using strain averaging
๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿป๐ŸŽ“ Luรญs Simรตes da Silva, Jorge Conde, Fernando Freire Ribeiro, Filip Ljubinkoviฤ‡
๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ Thin-Walled Structures
๐Ÿ”— buff.ly/fJJlf1c

#ISISE #SMCT #DAD #DEC #UCoimbra #FCTUC #UPM
#SteelStructures #FiniteElementMethod #Eurocode3 ... See MoreSee Less

2 months ago
๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐๏ฟฝ

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