RESEARCH ON HYBRID PLATE GIRDERS

RESULTS ARE PRESENTED OF TESTS ON WELDED PLATE GIRDERS WITH 100,000-PSI YIELD POINT CONSTRUCTIONAL ALLOY STEEL FLANGES AND ASTM A36 CARBON STEEL WEB. FIVE TESTS WERE MADE ON TWO SPECIMENS BY SUBJECTING THEM TO MOMENT AND SHEAR LOADING. THE REPORT DISCUSSES THE DEFLECTION, BUCKLING, AND YIELDING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SPECIMENS. RESULTS INDICATE THAT HYBRID GIRDERS OF THE TYPE TESTED CAN FUNCTION SATISFACTORILY UNDER STATIC LOAD WHEN PROPERLY DESIGNED. THESE GIRDERS ARE BEST SUITED FOR LONG SPANS IN WHICH THE RATIO OF LIVE LOAD TO TOTAL LOAD IS SMALL. WHEN THIS RATIO IS LARGE, LIVE LOAD DEFLECTIONS MAY BECOME EXCESSIVE. STRAIN GAGE DATA TAKEN SHOW THAT PLANE SECTIONS BEFORE BENDING REMAIN PLANE EVEN AFTER THE WEB HAS YIELDED CONSIDERABLY. THESE RESULTS AND THE LOAD-DEFLECTION CHARACTERISTICS SHOW THAT ORDINARY BENDING THEORY CAN BE USED IN THE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF HYBRID BEAMS AND GIRDERS. /AUTHOR/

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• Authors:
  • Toprac, A A
• Conference:
  • 41st Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 1962-1-8 to 1962-1-12
• Publication Date: 1962

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 23-42
• Monograph Title: Bridge deck design and loading studies
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Bulletin
  • Issue Number: 339
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alloy steel; Beams; Bending; Buckling; Carbon steel; Deflection; Engineering moments; Flanges; Joints; Live loads; Plate girders; Shear tests; Static loads; Strain gages; Structural analysis; Structural design; Theory; Webbing; Welds; Yield point; Yield strength
• Uncontrolled Terms: Hybrids; Welded joints
• Old TRIS Terms: Moments
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00208496
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 5 1994 12:00AM