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GMNIA with strain limits based fire design of steel structures
Qualification: Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering (PhD)
Funding for: 3.5 years
Supervisor: Dr Merih Kucukler
Course Application Deadline - 9 December 2024 (GMT)
Scholarship Application Deadline - 12 December 2024 (GMT)
Supporting Document Deadline - 7 January 2025 (GMT)
In this PhD project, an advanced structural steel fire design approach based on Geometrically and Materially Nonlinear Analyses with Imperfections (GMNIA) of steel structures and adopting strain limits will be established.
In the proposed fire design approach, GMNIA of steel structures will be carried out using beam finite elements, thereby exploiting their computational efficiency. Stain limits will be imposed on cross-sections of steel structures to account for the detrimental effects of local buckling on the structural resistances. Nonlinear shell finite element models of steel structures with the capability of simulating their structural behaviour in different fire scenarios will be created by means of the finite element modelling software ABAQUS.
The accuracy of the developed GMNIA with strain limits based fire design approach will be comprehensively verified using the benchmark structural performance data obtained through shell finite element modelling. The developed GMNIA with strain limits based fire design approach will provide a modern, streamlined and advanced structural steel fire design framework, (i) offering a performance-based fire design of steel structures and (ii) enabling structural engineers to visualise and understand the complex behaviour of steel structures in various fire scenarios.
Scholarship:
The award will cover the full payment of tuition fees, plus a maintenance stipend paid at the prevailing UKRI rate for 3.5 years of full-time study.
Eligibility:
- Apply for a PhD at the University of Warwick to begin in October 2025;
How to apply:
We strongly advise preparing applications well in advance, noting that it is not usually possible to complete and submit an application in less than 36 hours.
Step 1: Course application support: warwick.ac.uk/pgrengineering
Step 2. Home candidate Scholarship process: warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/eng/postgraduate/funding/pssLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window
Step 2. International candidate Scholarship process: warwick.ac.uk/services/dc/schols_fund/scholarships_and_funding/cisLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window
For further details, contact Merih.Kucukler@warwick.ac.uk
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