Andreas Taras: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2025 |
| Name | Prof. Dr. Andreas Taras |
| Field | Steel and Composite Structures |
| Address | Professur Stahl- und Verbundbau ETH Zürich, HIL D 36.1 Stefano-Franscini-Platz 5 8093 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | +41 44 633 45 52 |
| taras@ibk.baug.ethz.ch | |
| Department | Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering |
| Relationship | Full Professor |
| Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101-0134-00L | Steel Structures I | 5 credits | 4G | A. Taras | |
| Abstract | Basic knowledge of structural steel design including material behaviour, structural analysis and stability problems. Methods and background of structural steel design, including detailing. Influence of detailing on structural modeling. The course includes practical examples and optional exercises to be done by the students to enhance their knowledge of structural steel design. | ||||
| Learning objective | Students understand the basics of steel design, including Stability and stiffness aspects. Main focus is to make visible the background and basic requirements of structural steel design, as well as the interaction between the structural detailing and analytical modelling. Students understand the principals of structural engineering by analysing practical examples of steel structures. | ||||
| Content | Application area of steel structures (Properties and characteristics of steel and their effects on design); Steel as construction material (steelmaking, forms of delivery and mechanical properties, manufacturing of steel elements, erecting of steel structures, verification of design criteria); Connections, (bolts, welds); Stability problems (bending, lateral buckling, buckling). Practical examples and exercises enhance the knowledge of structural steel design. | ||||
| Lecture notes | Autography on steel design, Copies of presentations, C4/06 "Bemessungstafeln" 2016 SZS (Stahlbau-Zentrum Schweiz) C5/05 "Konstruktionstabellen" 2016 SZS (Stahlbau-Zentrum Schweiz) C8 "Konstruktive Details im Stahlhochbau" 1996 SZS (Stahlbau-Zentrum Schweiz) Norm SIA 263 "Stahlbau" 2013 SIA (Schweizerischer Ingenieur- und Architektenverein) | ||||
| Literature | Recommended and supplementary literature: - Hirt, M.; Bez, R.; Nussbaumer, A.: Stahlbau Grundbegriffe und Bemessungsverfahren, Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes, Lausanne, 2012 - Dubas, P.; Gehri, E.: Stahlhochbau Grundlagen, Konstruktionsarten und Konstruktionselemente von Hallen- und Skelettbauten, Springer-Verlag Berlin, 1988 | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Knowledge of structural analysis (course Structural Analysis I) | ||||
| 101-0149-01L | Advanced Analysis and Design of Steel and Composite Structures  | 3 credits | 2G | A. Taras, V. Vigneri | |
| Abstract | In „Advanced Analysis and Design of Steel Structures”, students will learn the background and practical application of simulation-based analysis and design methods in the design and assessment of steel and steel-concrete composite structures. | ||||
| Learning objective | In „Advanced Analysis and Design of Steel Structures”, students will learn the background and practical application of simulation-based analysis and design methods in the design and assessment of steel and steel-concrete composite structures. | ||||
| Content | The course will begin with introductory lessons on the structural behaviour of plated and shell-like structures as they are found in bridges, crane girders, masts and tanks or other vessels, and the main design criteria used in standards and product specifications. This is followed by an introduction of numerical methods of analysis used for these design tasks. These include: - Materially nonlinear analysis of steel and composite elements in frames and trusses - Linear buckling analysis - Geometrically nonlinear analysis of perfect and imperfect structures - Geometrically and materially nonlinear analysis - Methods of fatigue analysis: stress design by global and local approaches - Methods of fatigue analysis: calculation of stress intensity factors and J-integrals, crack propagation - Fire structural engineering of steel elements: thermal and stress analysis. | ||||
| Lecture notes | Lecture Slides, Notes on Worked Examples. | ||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | Basic and Advanced Courses in Steel & Composite Construction, E.g. Stahlbau 1 + 2, Advanced Steel Construction (MSc course) | ||||
| 101-0185-01L | CAD for Civil Engineers | 2 credits | 2G | M. Miani, A. Taras | |
| Abstract | Introduction to computer aided design and drafting in 2D and 3D with examples from structural engineering. | ||||
| Learning objective | Having followed the course, students are able to a develop a 2D-structure (formwork drawing) and they know the principle of a reinforcement module. They have also got an introduction to a 3D program (reinforcement in 3D). They are therefore better prepared for - the bachelor thesis in the 6th semester, - an eventual internship between bachelor and master course, - the project works in the master course, - the master thesis. Above all they practice spatial sense and acquire contextual knowledge as future superiors of draftsmen and designers. | ||||
| Content | Dimensioning. Generation of sections and views. Application of the reinforcement module. Production of plans ready for delivery. | ||||
| Lecture notes | Lecture notes | ||||
| 101-1187-10L | Colloquium in Structural Engineering (Spring Semester) | 1 credit | 1K | A. Taras, E. Chatzi, A. Frangi, W. Kaufmann, B. Stojadinovic, B. Sudret | |
| Abstract | Professors from national and international universities, technical experts from the industry as well as research associates of the institute of structural engineering (IBK) are invited to present recent research results and specific projects from the practice. This colloquium is adressed to members of universities, practicing engineers and interested persons in general. | ||||
| Learning objective | Learn about recent research results in structural engineering. | ||||
| Content | Learn about recent research results and novel practical applications & methods in structural engineering. | ||||