STATIC CARRYING CAPACITY OF STEEL PLATE GIRDERS

A RESEARCH PROJECT CONDUCTED AT LEHIGH UNIVERSITY TO INVESTIGATE THE CARRYING CAPACITY OF THIN-WEB PLATE GIRDERS CONSISTED OF ANALYTICAL STUDIES AND A SERIES OF TESTS ON FULL-SIZE, WELDED STEEL GIRDERS. DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS PREPARED FROM THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED IN THE NEW AISC DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS. SOME OF THE FINDINGS OF THIS RESEARCH ARE SUMMARIZED IN PAPER AND THE MORE IMPORTANT DESIGN RECOMMENDATIONS ARE PRESENTED BRIEFLY. THE SUBJECT IS TREATED FROM A PHYSICAL RATHER THAN A MATHEMATICAL VIEWPOINT. AMONG THE FINDINGS IS THAT THE STATIC CARRYING CAPACITY OF A PLATE GIRDER UNDER BENDING DEPENDS ESSENTIALLY ON THE COMPRESSION FLANGE AND THE CAPACITY UNDER SHEAR DEPENDS ON THE WEB AND STIFFENERS. /AUTHOR/

• Record URL:
  https://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/HRBproceedings/41/41-012.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 41, pp 173-182, 8 FIG, 1 TAB, 5 REF. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
• Authors:
  • Yen, B T
  • Basler, K
• Publication Date: 1962

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the 41st Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 8-12, 1962
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Board Proceedings
  • Volume: 41
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bending moments; Flanges; Plate girders; Shear stress; Steel plates; Transverse stiffeners; Webbing
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00209485
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jan 31 1972 12:00AM