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QUESTIONNAIRE

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QUESTIONS 1 and 2: Areas of interest and expertise Steel Construction, Composite Structures, Fire Design, Tubular Structures, (Virdi) Education and training on all levels, Curricula, Profession of Graduated Students, Contents (Tuominen, Viitanen) Structural Mechanics, Steel Construction, Inspections, Structural Risks (Bondarev)

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QUESTIONS 1 and 2: Areas of interests and expertise Structural Steel Design&Engineering, Product Development (Viljamaa) Sustainability, Using ICT in learning, Stainless Steel, Accidential Risks (Burgan) Generally: Education, e-learning (All)

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QUESTIONS 3 and 4: What tasks would promote most your aims in the METNET? Describe Eurocodes (Updating ESDEP, others, new ones?) Producing new e-learning material for Eurocodes

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QUESTIONS 3 and 4: What tasks would promote most your aims in the METNET? Describe Research on Structural Risks, snow loads, fire and other accidents, partly damaged structures, flooding, risks of connections and joints Old structures: inspections, renovations, assessment, old materials.

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QUESTIONS 3 and 4: What tasks would promote most your aims in the METNET? Describe General networking (Would ease the problems in Regulation, Understanding etc. ) Research on thin walled structures

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QUESTION 5: Potential sources of funding: EU (FP7, CPI, Structural Fund, EIP) RFCS National Research Councils:TEKES Industrial Funding COST

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QUESTION 6: Who could you recommend to join METNET? Steel Companies, Fabricators Product Manufacturers Consulting companies Universities Research organisations

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PLANNING AND PREPARATION

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PLANNING AND PREPARATION OF PROJECTS [1] Educational projects Creating updated learning materials 1.1 Tasks Create new e-learning material based on ESDEP and other previous material Create computer program for eLearning Adding material considering also Eurocode parts 4, 8

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1.2 Project Group SCI (Coordinator) Kuldeep Virdi, City University of London Tarmo Viljamaa, InnoSteel/HAMK Jouko Kouhi (or other), FCSA Hannover University/ Aachen University Lyon / Clermont-Ferand St Petersburg University of Architectural and Civil Engineering SBI

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PLANNING AND PREPARATION OF PROJECTS [1] Educational projects 1.3 Funding sources: CIP, ICT-projects, E-learning-projects

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PLANNING AND PREPARATION OF PROJECTS [2] Assessing effectiveness of e-learning Creating updated learning materials 2.1 Tasks Evaluate existing e-learning materials i.e SteelCal Focusing on learning, objectives, practical orientation,

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PLANNING AND PREPARATION OF PROJECTS [2] Assessing effectiveness of e-learning Creating updated learning materials 2.1 Tasks ... Methods of assessments Experiences and results of previous elearning material Project base learning

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PLANNING AND PREPARATION OF PROJECTS [2] Assessing effectiveness of e-learning Creating updated learning materials 2.2 Project Group University (Education), Coordinator Engineering Subject Center (HEA) SCI

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PLANNING AND PREPARATION OF PROJECTS [2] Assessing effectiveness of e-learning 2.3 Funding sources: CIP, ICT-projects, E-learning-projects

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PLANNING AND PREPARATION OF PROJECTS [3] Research project 1 Risk Assessment 3.1 Tasks Expand the idea of Risk Assessment Project (currently in process with TEKES) to other countries Extend methodology to risks other than just snow load: fire, accidents partly damaged structures etc.

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PLANNING AND PREPARATION OF PROJECTS [3] Research project 1 Risk Assessment 3.1 Tasks ... Methods of analysing the partly damaged structures, FE-analysis Development of Strengthening Systems and Techniques

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PLANNING AND PREPARATION OF PROJECTS [3] Research Project 1 Risk assessment 3.2 Project Group ? ? ? ?

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PLANNING AND PREPARATION OF PROJECTS [3] Research Project 1 Risk Assessment 3.3 Funding sources: TEKES, FP7, RFCS

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PLANNING AND PREPARATION OF PROJECTS [4] Research Project 2 Known Problems of Design of Thin Walled Structures according to Eurocode 3 4.3 Funding sources: FP7, RFCS

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PLANNING AND PREPARATION OF PROJECTS [5] Research project 3 Development of Connections 5.1 Tasks ... Speed of construction Tubular connections Material/Cost effectiveness Standardisation New methods Transmission of technologies

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PLANNING AND PREPARATION OF PROJECTS [5] Research Project 3 Development of Connections 5.3 Funding sources: TEKES, FP7, RFCS

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PLANNING AND PREPARATION OF PROJECTS [6] Research project 4 Use of New Technologies in Metal Construction 6.1 Tasks ... technology transmission chemical/heat treatment for materials laser welding glued connections

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PLANNING AND PREPARATION OF PROJECTS [6] Research Project 3 Use of New Technologies in Metal Construction 6.3 Funding sources: TEKES, FP7, RFCS

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