Sustainable and resilient infrastructure using stainless steel

该项目将调查不锈钢在钢框架建筑的关键连接部件，即节点上的使用。本课程将研究来自传统和添加生产路线的不锈钢部件。通过有重点的实验室测试和详细的数值模拟相结合，该项目旨在产生必要的基本数据和对不锈钢结构元件对极端载荷的响应的了解，并提供目前缺乏的技术信息，以便能够对材料选择做出明智的判断。根据实验研究的结果和相关的数值模拟，将制定关于战略性使用不锈钢以提高基础设施复原力的指导意见。

This project will investigate the use of stainless steel for key connection parts i.e. joints in steel framed buildings. Stainless steel components from both conventional and additive manufacturing production routes will be studied. Through a combination of focussed laboratory testing and detailed numerical modelling, this project aims to generate the necessary fundamental data and understanding on the response of stainless steel structural elements to extreme loads and to provide the currently lacking technical information to enable an informed judgement on material selection. On the basis of the findings of the experimental study and of the associated numerical modelling, guidance on the strategic use of stainless steel for enhanced resilience of infrastructure will be developed.