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Department of
Mechanical Engineering
University of Thessaly |
Pedion Areos, Volos 38334, Greece
Phone: +30 - 24210 - 74086
FAX : +30 - 24210 - 74012
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Research Projects
(Principal Investigator) |
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| Title: |
DESIGN AND INTEGRITY ASSESSMENT OF HIGH STRENGTH TUBULAR STRUCTURES FOR EXTREME LOADING CONDITIONS (HITUBES). |
| Sponsor: |
European Commission |
| Program: |
RFSR-CT-2008-00035 |
| Partners: |
University of Liege, Belgium
Centro Sviluppo Materiali, Italy
Stahlbau Pichler, Italy
University of Thessaly, Greece
University of Trento, Italy
KIMAB, Sweden
ISQ, Portugal
ITMA, Spain |
| Objective: |
Objective 1 - To develop designs and assessment procedures in order to make full use of high strength steel ranging from S500Q/ S500MC to S690Q/S700MC according to the new Eurocode 3 Part 1-12 (Additional rules for the extension of EN 1993 up to steel grades S 700), mainly for structural tubes ranging from 2 in to 24 in with D/t > 30 for onshore structures.
Objective 2 - To increase structural performance of structures, reduce weights, construction and operating costs. |
| Principal Investigator for U.Th.: |
Spyros A. Karamanos |
| Total Budget: |
1,478,537 Euros |
| U.Th. Budget: |
180,544 Euros |
| Duration: |
42 months (2008 - 2011) |
| Figures: |
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