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Plate girders Plate girder design example Design brief

The plate girder shown below is ,fully laterally restrained along its length. For the design loading spec@ed below, design a transversely stiffened plate girder in S275 steel.

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30000 Plate girder span and loading

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UDL Point loads

Actions (loading)
Permanent actions:

gk =25 k N / m
G k = 200 k N

Variable actions:

UDL Point loads

qk =40 k N / m
Qk = 450 k N

Partialvfactorsvforactions
Partial factor for permanent actions Partial ,factor for variable actions Reduction factor for permanent actions

BS EN 1990

x;= 1.35

x)= 1.50
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=0.925

ULS combination qf actions

Design U D L Design point loads
F d = (1.35 x

0.925 ~ 2 5 + ) (1.5 x 40) = 91.2 k N / m 0.925 ~ 2 0 0 + ) (1.5 x 450) = 925 k N

F d = (1.35 x