1999/2000 COMMENTARY to become impractical, In new designs where an excep- tionally wide bex flange is required, it may indeed be- come nevessery to provide more than two longitudinal stiffeners, Rating of older bridges with more than two Toa «tudinal stiffeners becomes problematic ifthe current re- quirements are employed because the longitudinal sti eners are not likely to provide enough moment of inertia ‘to satisfy the unrealistically high requirement. ‘Thus, the revision to this article indicates thatthe nam- ber of longitudinal flange stiffeners prefersbly shall not exceed two. For cases where the number of longitudinal stiffeners exceeds two, itis suggested that additional trans- ‘verse stiffeners (beyond the recommended transverse stiff- ners placed near points of dead load contraflexure) be added to reduce the required size of the longitudinal stff- ners toa more practical value, Current ASD specifications ‘contain provisions forthe design of flanges stiffened both longitudinally and transversely in Article 10.39.4.4, which can be modified for use with the strength design method. Included are requirements related tothe spacing and stif- ness of the transverse stiffeners. The bottom strut of the transverse interior bracing in the box can be considered to actas a transverse stiffener for this purpose if the strut sa- isfies the appropriate stiffness requirements. C1OSL.5.6 ‘The indicated revisions in this new LFD article paral- lel the revisions to ASD Article 10.39 (see the earlier dis- ccussion on the proposed revisions to Article 10.39). C1051.7 Design of Flange to Web Welds ‘This uew LFD article on design of flange-to-web welds forbox girders parallels the existing ASD Article 10.395. ‘The same requirements should be applied to box girders designed by ASD or LED. C1053 HYBRID GIRDERS ‘This article states that for hybrid girders, , isto be taken as the specified minimum yield strength of the element under consideration with the exceptions listed. The excep- tions listed under item (1) are revised to remove the refer ence to Article 10.48.2.1(b) (since the current equation in that article has been removed) and to add a reference to Article 10.50.1.1.2, which contains a web slendezness ze- quiremeat with F, in the denominator. In these cases F, of the compression flange is tobe uéed in calculating the web slendemess requirement. The first sentence under item (2) inthis article is elim- inated since the above revision to Article 10.48.6.3(a) 133 states that F i to be taken asthe yield strength of the lon- sgitudinal stiffener. The revision to Article 10.48.6.3(@) further states the factored bending stress in the longitudi- nal stiffener is not to exceed the yield strength of the stiff- toner, which eliminates the need to limit the stress in the stiffener indirectly by using F, of the adjacent Bange in checking the stiffener width-to-thickness and radius of gyration requirements. ‘An additional revision regarding the placement of lon- gitudinal web stiffeners in yielded portions of the web ‘perallels @ similar revision given in a new ASD Article 10.402.1.4 (Gee the earlier discussion on the new Article 1040.2.1.4). C10.53.1_ Noncomposite Hybrid Sections ‘The word ‘girders’ is replaced with the more appropri- ‘ate word ‘sections’ in the heading for this article. C10.53.1.1 Compact Sections ‘An editorial revision is made to clarify the dafinition of Fy. C10.53.1.2 Braced Noncompact Sections Existing Equation (10-146) is revised to correspond with the revised Equation (10-98) in Article 10.48.2. A new Equation (10-146a) is also added to this article, which represents the new Equation (10-99) in Article 10.48.2 with the hybrid factor R added. In addition, lan- ‘guage is added to indicate thatthe hybrid factor R is to be taken as 1.0 at sections where the stress in both flanges caused by the maximum design loed does not exceed the specified minimum yield strength of the web since web yielding is assumed not to occar inthis case. 10.5343 Partially Braced Members ‘The heading for this article is revised to correspoad to the revised heading for Article 10.48.4, The language in this article is also revised for consistency with the revised language of Article 10.48.2 thet refers tothe requirements of Article 10.48.4.1 for computing the maximum permis- sible compression-flange capacity for e partially braced member. 10.532 Composite Hybrid Sections ‘The word ‘girders’ is replaved with the more appro priate word ‘sections’ inthe heading for this article, Lan- guage is also added to differentiate the computation of the maximum strength for compact and noncompact