New Hybrid Steel Structures

Abstract

From the crisis of global warming, conservation of natural resources and economic growth, buildingstructures and infrastructures with high performances are needed. Research on civil engineering is then highlyfocused on upgrading materials and developing new technologies to earn a brilliant solution both inengineering and global concerns. One of the smart technologies being developed and promoted is the socalled\new hybrid steel structure^ in which steel, the main structural element, and other structural materialssuch as fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP), glass and timber can be utilized appropriately. Ecological and modernstructure styles can be efficiently integrated with this new technology. Therefore, this technology may becomea new fundamental construction in the near future. This paper is, hence, aimed at introducing and discussingabout this new technology.