Head of the project: Ing. Čavajdová Kristína

Research team: prof. Ing. Vičan Josef, CSc., doc. Ing. Odrobiňák Jaroslav, PhD.

Duration: September 2022 – August 2023

The optimisation of the design method for verification of slender steel beam – columns is still current issue not only from the scientific point of view, but also for design practice field. The actual behaviour of slender steel elements subjected to a combination of axial compressive force and bending moments which arises due to the eccentricity of compressive force, is included in the calculations relatively complex and not sufficiently accurate. Therefore, the project objective is comparison of suitability of established design approaches, according to the European standards, on the basis of parametric numerical analyses result. By verifying beam-column resistance using the geometrically and materially nonlinear analysis with imperfections included (GMNIA) and comparing results to the values obtained from the experiments of the beam-column resistances, it is possible to accurate recommendations for the use of different types of design procedures under currently applicable European standards.