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Science and engineering practice prosper from personal exchange – SDSS 2022 and the special session of ECCS‐TC8 in Aveiro

Science and engineering practice prosper from personal exchange – SDSS 2022 and the special... Editorial Science and engineering practice prosper from p ersonal exchange – SDSS 2022 and the special session of ECCS-TC8 in Aveiro Following the great success of the previous confer- ences in Timisoara and Prague, the ECCS Technical Com- mittee 8 – Structural Stability (TC8) organised a Special Session with a total of 13 presentations. In the opening address, the Chair of TC8, Prof. Bert Snijder, reported on the objectives and activities of the ECCS and its TC8 com- mittee. The ECCS is the umbrella organisation of the Eu- ropean Steel Construction Associations. It promotes steel construction, participates in the development of standards, supports research and development, and provides informa- tion on steel construction topics through publications, conferences and educational events. TC8 is one of the 11 active technical committees of the Technical Management Prof. Dr. Richard Stroetmann Prof. Dr. Markus Knobloch Board (TMB) of the ECCS. It is the leading European tech- nical committee in the broad field of stability of steel struc- The International Colloquium on Stability and Ductility of tures. Within TC8, new design rules and recommendations Steel Structures (SDSS 2022) was held in the beautiful are developed and discussed to fill the gaps present in the Portuguese city of Aveiro from September 14 – 16, 2022. European codes. A more detailed review of the structure The organisers, led by Prof. Paulo Vila Real and Prof. Ass. and activities of the ECCS and TC8 is included as a report Nuno Lopes, welcomed about 160 participants to the cam- in this issue of Steel Construction. pus of the Universitário de Santiago. After the long inter- The technical presentations of the TC8 Special Ses- ruption caused by the global pandemic, during which ex- sion covered a wide range of topics in the field of the sta- changes were limited to online meetings and conferences, bility of steel structures. Among others, Alain Bureau, head the face-to-face in-person reunion ensured a lively profes- of the steel construction division at CTICM and leader of sional and personal exchange among the participants. The the project team of the 2nd generation of EN1993-1-1, conference, which was excellently organised right down to gave an overview of the future European rules for the sta- the details of the social programme, will be reported in bility design of structural steel members. In addition, there detail in the Spring 2023 issue of Steel Construction. were contributions on imperfection assumptions used for The series of international colloquia has its origins in GNIA, residual stresses and buckling resistances of HSS Paris in 1972 and started as the ‘International Colloquium welded sections, and angle sections with typical joint con- on Column Strength’. Professor Hermann Beer and Dr. G. ditions. Furthermore, presentations were given on the lat- Schulz of the Graz University of Technology had just de- eral torsional buckling capacity and consideration of bear- veloped the first version of the European Buckling Curves. ing conditions and bedding in engineering practice, as well With the support of the International Association for as on the stability of stainless-steel members, Z-shaped Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), the European steel piles and beams with corrugated webs. Convention for Constructional Steelwork (ECCS), the In preparation for the present issue of Steel Construc- Column Research Committee of Japan and the Column tion, a TC8 working group was asked to make a selection Research Council of the U.S., the colloquium was organ- of submitted papers, which were then adapted to the for- ised to provide a forum for international scientific ex- mat of this journal by the authors and supplemented in change on the buckling strength of columns. Later, the terms of content. We hope you enjoy reading these inter- scope of the colloquium was extended by the variety of esting and informative contributions. stability phenomena in steel construction and plastic de- sign. The past six conferences were held in Budapest Dresden and Bochum, October 2022, (2002), Lisbon (2006), Rio de Janeiro (2010), Timisoara (2016), Prague (2019), and finally in Aveiro last September. Prof. Dr. Richard Stroetmann The next conference will be held at the Universitat Politèc- Vice-chair of TC8 nica de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain in 2025, under the chairpersonship of Prof. Enrique Mirambell and Prof. Prof. Dr. Markus Knobloch Esther Real. Technical secretary of TC8 © 2022 Ernst & Sohn GmbH, Berlin. Steel Construction 15 (2022), No. 4 201 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Steel Construction: Design and Research Wiley

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Editorial Science and engineering practice prosper from p ersonal exchange – SDSS 2022 and the special session of ECCS-TC8 in Aveiro Following the great success of the previous confer- ences in Timisoara and Prague, the ECCS Technical Com- mittee 8 – Structural Stability (TC8) organised a Special Session with a total of 13 presentations. In the opening address, the Chair of TC8, Prof. Bert Snijder, reported on the objectives and activities of the ECCS and its TC8 com- mittee. The ECCS is the umbrella organisation of the Eu- ropean Steel Construction Associations. It promotes steel construction, participates in the development of standards, supports research and development, and provides informa- tion on steel construction topics through publications, conferences and educational events. TC8 is one of the 11 active technical committees of the Technical Management Prof. Dr. Richard Stroetmann Prof. Dr. Markus Knobloch Board (TMB) of the ECCS. It is the leading European tech- nical committee in the broad field of stability of steel struc- The International Colloquium on Stability and Ductility of tures. Within TC8, new design rules and recommendations Steel Structures (SDSS 2022) was held in the beautiful are developed and discussed to fill the gaps present in the Portuguese city of Aveiro from September 14 – 16, 2022. European codes. A more detailed review of the structure The organisers, led by Prof. Paulo Vila Real and Prof. Ass. and activities of the ECCS and TC8 is included as a report Nuno Lopes, welcomed about 160 participants to the cam- in this issue of Steel Construction. pus of the Universitário de Santiago. After the long inter- The technical presentations of the TC8 Special Ses- ruption caused by the global pandemic, during which ex- sion covered a wide range of topics in the field of the sta- changes were limited to online meetings and conferences, bility of steel structures. Among others, Alain Bureau, head the face-to-face in-person reunion ensured a lively profes- of the steel construction division at CTICM and leader of sional and personal exchange among the participants. The the project team of the 2nd generation of EN1993-1-1, conference, which was excellently organised right down to gave an overview of the future European rules for the sta- the details of the social programme, will be reported in bility design of structural steel members. In addition, there detail in the Spring 2023 issue of Steel Construction. were contributions on imperfection assumptions used for The series of international colloquia has its origins in GNIA, residual stresses and buckling resistances of HSS Paris in 1972 and started as the ‘International Colloquium welded sections, and angle sections with typical joint con- on Column Strength’. Professor Hermann Beer and Dr. G. ditions. Furthermore, presentations were given on the lat- Schulz of the Graz University of Technology had just de- eral torsional buckling capacity and consideration of bear- veloped the first version of the European Buckling Curves. ing conditions and bedding in engineering practice, as well With the support of the International Association for as on the stability of stainless-steel members, Z-shaped Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE), the European steel piles and beams with corrugated webs. Convention for Constructional Steelwork (ECCS), the In preparation for the present issue of Steel Construc- Column Research Committee of Japan and the Column tion, a TC8 working group was asked to make a selection Research Council of the U.S., the colloquium was organ- of submitted papers, which were then adapted to the for- ised to provide a forum for international scientific ex- mat of this journal by the authors and supplemented in change on the buckling strength of columns. Later, the terms of content. We hope you enjoy reading these inter- scope of the colloquium was extended by the variety of esting and informative contributions. stability phenomena in steel construction and plastic de- sign. The past six conferences were held in Budapest Dresden and Bochum, October 2022, (2002), Lisbon (2006), Rio de Janeiro (2010), Timisoara (2016), Prague (2019), and finally in Aveiro last September. Prof. Dr. Richard Stroetmann The next conference will be held at the Universitat Politèc- Vice-chair of TC8 nica de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain in 2025, under the chairpersonship of Prof. Enrique Mirambell and Prof. Prof. Dr. Markus Knobloch Esther Real. Technical secretary of TC8 © 2022 Ernst & Sohn GmbH, Berlin. Steel Construction 15 (2022), No. 4 201

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