This Final Report describes the technical activities carried out under this RFCS contract RFSR CT 2012-00030 which is concerned with developing new rules for the partial shear connection of composite beams. Based on a comprehensive series of push tests on deck profiles of 56 to 80 mm height with...

The SAFSS project addresses the use of ferritic stainless steel in structural applications. The primary objective was to increase the use of load-bearing ferritic stainless steel in construction by providing engineers with reliable performance data and design guidance. The project covered...

HILONG investigated innovative cross-sections and structural arrangements which enable the benefit of high strength to be maximised by suppressing buckling and reducing deflection. The study focussed on long span applications, such as trusses for stadia, exhibition halls etc. The strengths...

The objective of the BASIS project was to develop design guidelines for low to medium rise steel-framed buildings to resist explosions caused by industrial accidents. The focus was on situations where the blast impacts the whole (or a large part) of the elevation of the building facing the...

A growing number of EAFs are equipped with wall-mounted injectors and operate with the slag-door closed. In order to observe the scrap-melting process under these conditions, CRM has developed a camera-based technology to monitor the inside of the furnace during meltdown. The camera system is...

The main objectives of ERAMAC were to: - develop methods for the characterisation of organic emissions from coke-making and EAF steelmaking processes; - characterise air quality in the vicinity of steelworks; - identify priorities for emission control; - develop predictive emission monitoring...

The objective of the project was the development of techniques to improve the control of the energy input by natural gas burners and of the wall mounted oxygen and carbon injectors of the electric arc furnace (EAF). Process data acquisition and measurement systems for foamy slag detection were...

In the framework of the European RFCS project named ISA-PESR, an integrative software simulation tool focusing on numerical modelling of the protective gas electro-slag remelting (PESR) process has been built up. To achieve this goal several tasks were organised. First the collection of data...

The project objectives are to characterise gas stirring during ladle metallurgy using vibration and camera sensors, and to develop innovative signal processing for obtaining representative indices, used as input into online metallurgical models for adjusting and improving the process. DH and...

The objective of this research project was to improve steel metallurgy and quality by optimisation of the ladle stirring process. Throughout the project, the interactions between solid, liquid and gaseous phases involved in ladle stirring were examined. • Melting of alloying materials was...