The Department trains students in the following courses: Timber and Plastic Structures; General and Specific Steel Structures; Steel Bridges; Composite Structures; Seismic Design of Structures.
Research and post-graduate studies are carried out in the following fields: Analysis of steel structures accounting for non-linear effects and imperfections; Harmonising Bulgarian structural steel design code with the Eurocodes; Structures testing under static and dynamic loads.
Lecturers from the department participate in the training of students of the Faculties of Structural Engineering, Architecture, Transportation Engineering, Hydrotechnics and Geodesy.
Overview
The Department provides teaching in the following courses: Timber and Plastic Structures; Metal Structures; Special Steel Structures; Steel Bridges; Fabrication of Steel Structures; Composite Steel and Concrete Structures; Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures.