The metallurgical design of modern UHSS that satisfy customer requirements has become a challenging task for which no fully adapted and reliable tools are currently available as key aspects for the metallurgical design faces limitations: a) Prediction of martensite transformation temperatures,...

The project addressed the widening of the robustness of laser hybrid arc welding, LAHW, with fibre or disc lasers, for steel structures. The study particularly focused on applicability for two large scale demonstrators, namely an excavator part and a truck component. This involved challenging...

The previous GREENEAF project (RFSR-CT-2009-00004) has demonstrated the feasibility of utilization of char, from biomass, as substitute of coal into the EAF. The present project objective was to make the char use a standard practice. Therefore, the following activities have been carried out:...

The PROINDUSTRY project developed and set up innovative seismic protection systems, both for the design of new industrial plants and for the retrofit of existing ones, based on seismic isolation and energy dissipation techniques. In order to reach these goals, a detailed study of the...

During welding of stainless steels thermal oxides form and may, unless removed, cause severe reduction in corrosion resistance. They are often the underlying cause behind structural failures and in many applications it is necessary to remove them through combination of cleaning operations....

Steel is strategic for the future of European industry. And industry has always been a cornerstone of economic prosperity in Europe as reminded in the 2017 Commission 'Industrial Policy Strategy'. Efforts are needed to maintain and reinforce industrial leadership in the age of globalisation,...

This document reports on the activities developed during the project, and contains a description of the work packages and the main results achieved. Laboratory characterization of steel samples was completed in line with the tasks scheduled in WP1. In WP2, the LIBS system has been specified on...

Although a number of researches have focused on various aspects of composite structures, no design guidance exists for typical situations that are more and more common in the current construction practice, such as concrete columns reinforced by several steel sections, concrete columns reinforced...

The GRISPE project was aimed at providing technical data and calculation methods for specific steel profiles (steel decks, liner trays, corrugated sheeting, curved and assembled profiles, perforated and holed profiles and interlocking planks) which are not or incompletely included in the current...

Nowadays, prequalification criteria for seismic resistant beam-to-column joints are missing in Europe. In addition, specific requirements and design rules for these joints are not provided by Eurocodes, which gives rules only for non-seismic joints, even though dissipative joints are allowed by...