Steel - A New and Traditional Material for Building: Proceedings of the International Conference in Metal Structures 2006, 20-22 September 2006, Poiana Brasov, Romania

In an era of new, composite materials and high-strength concrete, and with an increasing demand for sustainable building technologies, the importance of the role of steel in construction is being challenged.. Nonetheless, steel can successfully be used to refurbish and retrofit historical buildings, as well as being a material of choice for new building structures. Steel can effectively be combined with a variety of other materials to obtain structures which are characterized by a high-perf...