ESTIMATING LATERAL FLANGE BENDING IN CURVED PLATE GIRDERS

Experimental and analytical data from two small-scale models are used to develop an approximate procedure for estimating lateral flange bending moments in uniformly loaded simple-span, horizontally curved plate girders. The results show that the maximum lateral flange bending moment can be conservatively estimated as 1/12 of the lateral component of the flange force due to normal bending, multiplied by the diaphragm spacing squared.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored by and prepared in cooperation with DOT, Federal Highway Administration.
• Corporate Authors:

  New York State Department of Transportation

  Engineering Research and Development Bureau, 1220 Washington Avenue
  Albany, NY  United States  12232
• Authors:
  • Kissane, R J
• Publication Date: 1978-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 37 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bending moments; Bridge design; Bridges; Curves (Geometry); Flanges; Girders; Structural design; Structural plates
• Uncontrolled Terms: Horizontal curvature
• Old TRIS Terms: Curved plate
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00178771
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-NY-78-RR 60,, FCP 45G3-252
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 14 2003 12:00AM