The students will be familiar with skills and expertise in the field of nonlinear structural analyses. Extensive knowledge of theoretical basics and modern modelling methods, including numerical representations are the aim of the course. The students will acquire skills in handling advanced tools for the analysis and the design of structures.Design of steel structures using finite element methods; basics of the design; modelling of structures and loads; nonlinear material behaviour, numerical analyses of steel-members and structures regarding geometric and physical nonlinearities; stability behaviour of members including flexural and lateral torsional buckling