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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We are pleased to share the ๐๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ 2025, reflecting a year of strong research, collaboration, and innovation in structural engineering.
From the ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ง โญ evaluation by FCT to impactful projects addressing sustainability, resilience, and advanced materials, this report showcases the commitment of our teams to advancing the built environment.
๐ Explore the full highlights:
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#ISISE #STATS&Highlights #UC #UM #SMCT #HMS #FP #SC
๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๏ธ
๐ญRethinking non-structural vulnerability of EC8-compliant steel buildings with glass faรงades
๐ Itโs time to rethink the role of non-structural components (NSCs) in seismic design. This study highlights how NSCs significantly influence both structural performance and construction costs of steel MRFs. Drift limits alone are not sufficient; acceleration demands must also be considered. The findings support a shift toward performance-based design approaches that explicitly account for both structural and non-structural components in European standards.
๐จ๐ปโ๐ Seyed Amin Hosseini, Sandra Jordรฃo, Carlos Rebelo, Chiara Bedon, and Rohola Rahnavard
๐๏ธJournal of Structures
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#ISISE #SMCT #DAD #DEC #UCoimbra #FCTUC #PFGFS #glass_faรงade
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๐ Cyclic behaviour of point fixed glass faรงade systems: Benchmark model
๐จ๐ปโ๐ Seyed Amin Hosseini, Sandra Jordรฃo, Carlos Rebelo, Chiara Bedon, Eliana Inca Cabrera and Rohola Rahnavard
๐๏ธJournal of Structures
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#ISISE #SMCT #dad #Dec #ucoimbra #fctuc #pfgfs #glass_faรงade
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๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐๏ธ
How can the behaviour of the face plate component in tension be predicted in I-beam to concrete-filled tubular column steel joints?
This study proposes a ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ to describe the nonlinear behaviour of the face plate component, validated through experimental tests and finite element analyses. The results show that a ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง can accurately capture the full forceโdisplacement response of the component for different connection configurations.
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๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ข๐ง ๐-๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐-๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ
๐จ๐ปโ๐ Ana Francisca Santos, Melaku Seyoum Lemma, Jorge Conde, Luรญs Simรตes da Silva
๐๏ธ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก
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#ISISE #SMCT #EE #dad #Dec #ucoimbra #fctuc #ibeamtoconcretefilledcolumnjoints #FEM #analyticalformulation #initialstiffness #nonlinearbehaviour
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๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐: ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐๐-๐ก๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฉ (๐๐๐๐) ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐๐
The second meeting of the CEN/TC250/SC3 Ad-hoc Group on AI Design of Steel Structures took place on 26 February 2026 in Barcelona, hosted by the Universitat Politรจcnica de Catalunya.
This initiative brings together leading experts from across Europe to explore how Artificial Intelligence can support the future development of Eurocode 3, helping enable AI-assisted structural design that is reliable, transparent, and scientifically sound.
The University of Coimbra/ISISE played an active role in the meeting, represented by:
โข Filip Ljubinkoviฤ, Assistant Researcher โ Convenor of the Ad-hoc Group
โข Luรญs Simรตes da Silva, Professor โ Leader of Task Group 2 (Data)
โข Aleksa Miliฤeviฤ, PhD Candidate โ who presented his research on Physics-Informed Neural Networks for structural engineering applications
The meeting provided an opportunity to review the latest progress of the group and continue the work launched at the kick-off meeting held in Coimbra in October 2025.
Five Task Groups (TGs) are currently working on key aspects of the AI lifecycle in structural design:
๐น TG1 โ When and why AI?
๐น TG2 โ Data
๐น TG3 โ AI Model Development
๐น TG4 โ Verification and Validation
๐น TG5 โ Agentic EC3
Together, these groups aim to establish the scientific foundations and methodological framework needed to integrate AI into future generations of Eurocode 3.
๐ The next meeting of the Ad-hoc Group will take place on 1 October 2026 in Salerno, Italy, continuing the collaborative effort to shape the future of digital and AI-supported structural engineering in Europe.
#ISISE #SMCT #UC #Dec #AI #steelstructures #structuralengineering #Eurocode3 #Eurocodes #innovation #CEN #Eu
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Additive Manufacturing offers unmatched freedom in manufacturing.
But with so much freedom, what is the best strategy to produce thick, solid components by WAAM?
In our latest paper, we systematically compared 11 infill strategies and demonstrate that deposition path geometry directly controls thermal behaviour, microstructure, defect formation, and hardness. In WAAM, strategy is not just geometry.
๐ Characterisation of infill strategies in WAAM for solid components fabricated with ER100S-G wire
DOI: buff.ly/0K76ZBx
๐จโ๐ Authors: David Gomes Andrade, Carlos Zhu, Hagar El Bamby, Kaike Monteiro, Sree Sabari, Ramesh Babu, Luรญs Simรตes da Silva, Trayana Tankova.
This work was developed within the European project
IAMFat - ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐
๐๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ
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#ISISE #SMCT #dad #ucoimbra hashtag #WAAM #ded-Arc #iamfat #ISISE #ISISE
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