Bridge Girders with Corrugated Webs

2000 ◽  
Vol 1696 (1) ◽  
pp. 162-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Elgaaly ◽  
Anand Seshadri ◽  
Roberto Rodriquez ◽  
Sherif Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Moment Capacity ◽  
Design Recommendations ◽  
Plate Girders ◽  
Analytical Results ◽  
Corrugated Webs ◽  
Shear Buckling ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Web Plates ◽  
The Web

In plate girders, the use of corrugated webs permits the use of thin web plates without stiffeners, which reduces the cost of beam fabrication and improves fatigue life. Experimental and analytical studies on the behavior of girders with corrugated webs were conducted that have led to design recommendations. For girders with corrugated webs subjected to shear, it was noted from the experimental as well as the analytical results that failure of the web occurs because of local or global shear buckling, which depends on the corrugation configuration. For girders with corrugated webs subjected to uniform bending, the failure was due to yielding and vertical buckling of the compression flange into the web. The test and analytical results indicate that the web offered negligible contribution to the moment-carrying capacity of the beam, and the ultimate moment capacity may be calculated on the basis of the flange yielding, ignoring any contribution from the web. The behavior of girders with corrugated webs under in-plane compressive edge loads applied directly on the top flange was investigated, and design recommendations are made. Tests to examine the behavior of girders with corrugated webs under repeated loads are few. The results from the available tests are reported and compared with the results from test on conventionally stiffened girders with flat webs.

Low-Frequency Sine Webs for Improved Shear Buckling Performance of Plate Girders

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Y. Wang ◽  
Maria E. Garlock ◽  
Theodore P. Zoli ◽  
Spencer E. Quiel
Keyword(s):  
Fatigue Cracks ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Robotic Welding ◽  
Plate Girders ◽  
Material Efficiency ◽  
Corrugated Webs ◽  
Shear Buckling ◽  
Elastic Shear ◽  
Traditional Strategy ◽  
The Web

<p>Steel plate girders are used extensively in buildings and bridges. Given shear rarely governs, minimizing web thickness is desirable. However, web slenderness can enable shear buckling and fatigue problems. The traditional strategy is to use welded transverse stiffeners; yet transversely-stiffened girders are prone to fatigue cracks and difficult to fabricate at high slenderness ratios. Thus, AASHTO currently limits web slenderness to 150. Alternatively, corrugated web girders overcome these deficiencies but require robotic welding for the web-to-flange weld. Corrugated webs are also limited to small web thicknesses (6mm or less) and girder depths (less than 1.5m) given web forming limits. The authors propose an alternative web geometry, introducing low-frequency sinusoids (LFS) in the web along its length. The LFS web can be welded to the flanges using semi-automatic weld techniques currently employed by bridge fabricators. The reduced web curvature allows for a wider array of web forming techniques with much larger plate thicknesses. In a finite element study, web geometric properties such as sinusoidal frequency and amplitude are varied. Results demonstrate a significant increase in the elastic shear buckling load and ultimate strength using a wavelength equal to the depth of the girder. The results of this study show promise for improved girder durability paired with material efficiency, demonstrating that a web product with constant amplitude and wavelength could work for various girder depths up to 3m and above.</p>

scholarly journals Design of Transverse Stiffeners in Plate Girders with Corrugated Web

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Witold Basiński
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Models ◽  
Experimental Investigations ◽  
Absolute Minimum ◽  
Plate Girders ◽  
Corrugated Web ◽  
Intermediate Stiffener ◽  
Shear Buckling ◽  
Geometry Parameter ◽  
The Web ◽  
Stiffness Criterion

This study reports investigations into the effect of relative flexural stiffness of intermediate stiffeners γ on the failure zone location in the corrugated web. The study also aimed at obtaining stiffness criterion for intermediate stiffeners that depends on the magnitude of the plate geometry parameter α. To achieve the goals of the study, experimental investigations were conducted into load displacement paths of four exemplary SIN girders. They were simply supported girders, made to full scale, and composed of pre-assembled units. The phenomena occurring in the experiment were represented using the Finite Element Method. For FEM numerical analysis of girders with intermediate stiffeners, models with the web height of 1000, 1250 and 1500 mm, made from 2; 2.5 and 3 mm thick corrugated sheet metal were used. Due to the analysis of 52 girder numerical models, it was possible to propose the stiffness criterion of intermediate stiffeners. The criterion was based on the assessment of shear buckling strength of the corrugated web. Using the regression method, dimensionless coefficients of the stiffener stiffness ks dependent on the optimum stiffness γ were determined. Based on estimated coefficients of the stiffener stiffness ks, the absolute minimum stiffness of intermediate stiffeners Ismin used in corrugated web plate girders was calculated. It was demonstrated that the use of an intermediate stiffener, the stiffness of which is greater than Ismin , additionally leads to a change in the location of the site of the web shear buckling.

scholarly journals Shear Capacity of Singly and Doubly Webbed Corrugated Web Girder

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Hanizah Abdul Hamid ◽  
Azmi Ibrahim ◽  
Norhisham Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Sheet Material ◽  
Shear Capacity ◽  
Comparative Performance ◽  
Three Point Bending ◽  
Plate Girders ◽  
Steel Sheets ◽  
Shear Buckling ◽  
Post Buckling ◽  
Rib Arrangement ◽  
The Web

A conventional plate girder involves the use of transverse intermediate stiffeners, especially in a slender web to avoid catastrophic failure associated with shear buckling of the web. In this study, a profiled web was used to replace the transversely stiffened web. The process involves introducing cold-formed ribs into a flat steel sheet to form alternative stiffeners. This study therefore seeks to establish comparative performance of conventionally stiffened plate girders and profiled web girders of a specially formed rib arrangement with single and also double webs. Nine numbers of specimens were tested to failure under a three-point-bending system. Failure of all the profiled web girders, with either a single or double webs, is characterized by a shorter yield plateau and a steeper descending branch, a failure mode that is commonly referred to as ‘brittle’. The results of the tests on girders with profiled steel sheets, PSS(s) have shown that profiling is extremely effective in increasing the shear buckling load because it moves the sheet material out of the plane of the web, thereby increasing the rigidity 1.08 to 2.0 times higher than the equivalent conventional flat web plate girders. The experimental results also showed that post-buckling capacities are reduced by 30 % to 50 % of their ultimate shear capacities.

Simplified calculation method for flexural moment capacity of cold-formed steel built-up section beams

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (14) ◽  
pp. 3153-3167
Author(s):  
Xinmei Yao ◽  
Xuhong Zhou ◽  
Yu Shi ◽  
Yu Guan ◽  
Yuxuan Zou
Keyword(s):  
Calculation Method ◽  
Flexural Behavior ◽  
Moment Capacity ◽  
Failure Characteristics ◽  
Box Section ◽  
Cold Formed Steel ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Simplified Calculation ◽  
The Web ◽  
Simplified Calculation Method

Cold-formed steel built-up section beams are commonly employed in cold-formed steel framing owing to their excellent mechanical performance. In order to develop a simplified approach for obtaining the flexural moment capacity of built-up section beams, both experimental study and numerical analysis on the flexural behavior of cold-formed steel built-up I-section and box section beams under flexural load were carried out in this study. The I-section beams are assembled from two back-to-back cold-formed steel lipped channels, and the box section beams consist of a cold-formed steel plain channel overlapping a lipped channel. First, four-point bending tests were performed on 30 simply supported specimens having 10 different configurations, and the moment capacities and failure modes of built-up section beams at ultimate loads were investigated. The failure characteristics observed were the interaction of local and distortional buckling of the web and top flange for I-section beams and local buckling of the web and top flange in pure bending for box section beams. Then, finite element models were developed to simulate the tested specimens and validated against the experimental results in terms of the moment capacities and failure characteristics. Moreover, extensive parametric studies, including section height-to-width ratio and flange width-to-thickness ratio, were conducted with the validated numerical models to identify the key factors influencing built-up section beams. Finally, a simplified calculation method considering the reduction factor of the gross section modulus of the built-up section to predict the flexural moment capacities of cold-formed steel built-up I-section and box section beams was proposed.

Shear Capacity of Singly and Doubly Webbed Corrugated Web Girder

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 53
Author(s):  
Hanizah Abdul Hamid ◽  
Azmi Ibrahim ◽  
Norhisham Ibrahim
Keyword(s):  
Sheet Material ◽  
Shear Capacity ◽  
Comparative Performance ◽  
Three Point Bending ◽  
Plate Girders ◽  
Steel Sheets ◽  
Shear Buckling ◽  
Post Buckling ◽  
Rib Arrangement ◽  
The Web

A conventional plate girder involves the use of transverse intermediate stiffeners, especially in a slender web to avoid catastrophic failure associated with shear buckling of the web. In this study, a profiled web was used to replace the transversely stiffened web. The process involves introducing cold-formed ribs into a flat steel sheet to form alternative stiffeners. This study therefore seeks to establish comparative performance of conventionally stiffened plate girders and profiled web girders of a specially formed rib arrangement with single and also double webs. Nine numbers of specimens were tested to failure under a three-point-bending system. Failure of all the profiled web girders, with either a single or double webs, is characterized by a shorter yield plateau and a steeper descending branch, a failure mode that is commonly referred to as ‘brittle’. The results of the tests on girders with profiled steel sheets, PSS(s) have shown that profiling is extremely effective in increasing the shear buckling load because it moves the sheet material out of the plane of the web, thereby increasing the rigidity 1.08 to 2.0 times higher than the equivalent conventional flat web plate girders. The experimental results also showed that post-buckling capacities are reduced by 30 % to 50 % of their ultimate shear capacities.

A method for replacing lower flange splice plate of a steel I-girder connection using BPL

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shun Matsui ◽  
Takashi Yamaguchi ◽  
Kensuke Toda ◽  
Kenji Araki ◽  
Motoshi Yamauchi
Keyword(s):  
Steel Plate ◽  
Fem Analysis ◽  
Geometrical Configuration ◽  
Analytical Results ◽  
Bridge Joints ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Girder Bridge ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Good Workability ◽  
The Web

<p>In recent years, corrosion damages of the steel I-girder bridge joints have been reported. With the increasing demand for the replacement of splice plates of the damaged joints, good workability without using temporary supports is required when considering the cost and time necessary to execute such works. In the present study, FEM analysis has been conducted in order to propose a new replacing method for the lower flange splice plates in steel I-girder, which uses a bypass device of steel plate named BPL that is attached to the web panel. From the analytical results, it has been confirmed that using the BPL and replacing the lower flange splice plates, the stress at the lower flange splice plates is transferred to the BPL and redistributed to the new lower flange splice plates after the removal of BPL. It has also been clarified the geometrical configuration of the BPL that can reduce the stress at the web effectively during replacement of the lower flange splice plates.</p>

The Buckling of Shallow Corrugated Webs in Shear

1968 ◽  
Vol 72 (694) ◽  
pp. 883-886 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Rothwell
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Orthotropic Plate ◽  
Local Mode ◽  
Corrugated Webs ◽  
Corrugated Web ◽  
Shear Buckling ◽  
The Web

Summary The results of a series of shear buckling tests on shallow, flat-sided, corrugated webs are presented, and a comparison made with a theoretical analysis in which the web is assumed to buckle either as an orthotropic plate or in a local mode. An expression is derived for the efficiency of a corrugated web in shear, and used to compare the four shapes of cross-section tested.

Shear buckling response of S690 steel plate girders with corrugated webs

2020 ◽  
Vol 157 ◽  
pp. 107015
Author(s):  
Cheng-Song Wu ◽  
M.F. Hassanein ◽  
Hao Deng ◽  
Yu-Mei Zhang ◽  
Yong-Bo Shao
Keyword(s):  
Steel Plate ◽  
Plate Girders ◽  
Corrugated Webs ◽  
Shear Buckling

scholarly journals Behavior of Steel Plate Girders with Deep Section under Dynamic Effect

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 207-209
Keyword(s):  
Cross Section ◽  
Dynamic Effect ◽  
Welding Distortion ◽  
Minimum Mass ◽  
Plate Girders ◽  
Section Modulus ◽  
Web Stiffeners ◽  
Assembly Procedure ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Web

Having a minimum mass, equal-sized flanges and no web stiffeners is the most economical plate girder to fabricate. As with rolled I-sections, for a given section modulus a section with a greater depth will have a lower mass than one with a smaller depth, except in some instances where a thicker web is required in the deeper section. A wider flange plate to resist the buckling tendency may be necessary to use, when the compression flange is laterally unrestrained, but this will add to the cost because of the more difficult assembly procedure. In order to arrive at a minimum-mass cross section as much as possible of the material should be located in the flanges and as little as possible in the web, consistent with shear requirements. There is usually an advantage, however, in using a somewhat thicker web in order to reduce welding distortion, or to avoid the use of or number of stiffeners. It can be shown that for a given web depth to thickness ratio the minimum-mass cross section is that in which the area of the two flanges combined equals that of the web, i.e. 2Af = Aw.An important consideration in cost reduction is the use of preferred plate widths and thicknesses for the flange and web elements.

Flexural Resistance of Steel-Coconut Shell Concrete-Steel Composite Beam with Normal and J-Hook Shear Studs

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lakshmi Thangasamy ◽  
◽  
Gunasekaran Kandasamy ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Concrete Strength ◽  
Steel Plates ◽  
Coconut Shell ◽  
Core Material ◽  
River Sand ◽  
Concrete Core ◽  
Conventional Concrete ◽  
Moment Capacity ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Core Concrete

Many researches on double skin sandwich having top and bottom steel plates and in between concrete core called as steel-concrete-steel (SCS) were carried out by them on this SCS type using with different materials. Yet, use of coconut shell concrete (CSC) as a core material on this SCS form construction and their results are very limited. Study investigated to use j-hook shear studs under flexure in the concept of steel-concrete-steel (SCS) in which the core concrete was CSC. To compare the results of CSC, the conventional concrete (CC) was also considered. To study the effect of quarry dust (QD) in its place of river sand (RS) was also taken. Hence four different mixes two without QD and two with QD both in CC and CSC was considered. The problem statement is to examine about partial and fully composite, moment capacity, deflection and ductility properties of CSC used SCS form of construction. Core concrete strength and the j-hook shear studs used are influences the moment carrying capacity of the SCS beams. Use of QD in its place of RS enhances the strength of concrete produced. Deflections predicted theoretically were compared with experimental results. The SCS beams showed good ductility behavior.

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