PlateGirderBridges

2 Designofplategirders:Strengthandstabilityofplates

Dr.Amr
Dr.
Amr Abobakr Nassr
Dept.ofCivilEngineering
Assiut University

Advantages of plate girder

Plate girder
i iis fabricated
f i
from
f
individual elements which gives a
freedom to the designer to achieve
economic and efficient arrangement of
material than is possible with rolled
beams.
beams

Webdepth/height:
Forrailwaybridges,
hw=Lo/12toLo/8
Forroadwaybridges,
hw =Lo/20fornoncompositeplategirders
hw =LLo/25forcompositeplategirders
/25 for composite plate girders
whereLo isthelengthbetweenpointsof
zero moment
zeromoment.

hw

tw

tw

Plate buckling problems

associated with plate
p
girders

Stresses on
elements of plate
p
girders

Stability of thin plate theory

((Kirchhoffs Theory)
y)

Solution

Stability of thin plate theory

((Kirchhoffs Theory)
y)

For design purpose:

23.9,

Inelastic behavior

Areductionfactor
consideringthe
residualstresses
andimperfection

0 425
0.425

0.80
5.34

Slendernesslimitsforweb/flangeplates

Wheneverthewidthtothicknessratioofthegirderwebplateor
flangeplateexceedstheabovelimits,theplateisconsidereda
slenderelementwhosestrengthisaffectedbylocalbuckling.

Transversestiffeners
Transverse(Vertical)stiffenersaretoincreasebucklingresistanceof
web due to shear
webduetoshear.

Bendingstresses

Bucklingduetobending

Longitudinalstiffeners
A
Aeconomicdesignisusuallyachievedbylimitingthewebplate
i d i i
ll
hi d b li iti th
b l t
thicknesstotheminimumvaluerequiredtoresisttheappliedshear.
Ifthisthicknessisnotsufficientforbendbuckling,theplatebuckling
strengthisincreasedbyprovidingthewebplatewithlongitudinal
stiffenersasshownbelow.