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INPUT
SECTION PROPERTIES breadth (mm) depth (mm)
Spreadsheet for the derivation of the bt 500.0 tt 50.0
section properties of a plate girder tw 50.0 hw 900.0
symmetrical about the y-y axis. bb 500.0 tb 50.0
N.B. check code limitations, on how B 500.0 H 1000.0
thin all 3 plates can be, in order for them
to act as a section.
Cross Section
bt
tt
Y

ybot,pl
ytop
X X
n.a. hw H

ybot,el
tw tb
ybot

Y
bb

OUTPUT

b d a y ay h bd3/12 ah2 S
X-X (mm) (mm) (mm2) (mm) (mm3) (mm) (mm4) (mm4) (mm4)
top flange 500.0 50.0 25000 975.0 2.44E+07 475.00 5.21E+06 5.64E+09 5.65E+09
web 50.0 900.0 45000 500.0 2.25E+07 0.00 3.04E+09 0.00E+00 3.04E+09
bot flange 500.0 50.0 25000 25.0 6.25E+05 475.00 5.21E+06 5.64E+09 5.65E+09
S 1000.0 95000 4.75E+07 3.05E+09 1.13E+10 1.43E+10

b d a x ax w db3/12 aw2 S
Y-Y (mm) (mm) (mm2) (mm) (mm3) (mm) (mm4) (mm4) (mm4)
top flange 500.0 50.0 25000 250.0 6.25E+06 0.00 5.21E+08 0.00E+00 5.21E+08
web 50.0 900.0 45000 250.0 1.13E+07 0.00 9.38E+06 0.00E+00 9.38E+06
bot flange 500.0 50.0 25000 250.0 6.25E+06 0.00 5.21E+08 0.00E+00 5.21E+08
S 1000.0 95000 2.38E+07 1.05E+09 0.00E+00 1.05E+09

X-X
Elastic Plastic
ytop(mm) 500.0 Ztop(mm3) 2.87E+07 ytop(mm) 500.0 Z (mm3) 3.39E+07
ybot(mm) 500.0 Zbot(mm3) 2.87E+07 ybot(mm) 500.0
S 1000.0 S 1000.0

X-X Y-Y Torsion ( Blodgett, Rzz = S bn(bn.dn3) )

Ixx(mm4) 1.43E+10 Iyy(mm4) 1.05E+09 Rzz(mm4) 7.61E+07
rxx(mm) 388.4 ryy(mm) 105.2
ymax(mm) 500.0 bmax(mm) 250.0
Ze,x(mm3) 2.87E+07 Ze,y(mm3) 4.20E+06
Zp,x(mm3) 3.39E+07 Zp,y(mm3) 6.81E+06
Zp/Ze 1.18 Zp/Ze 1.62

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PLATE GIRDER
Assumptions and formulae

Torsion
1) Closed sections :-
a) closed sections use polar moments of inertia :-
J = Ix + Iy
b) torsional stress = t = (Torsion.ymax)/J, where for a pipe, ymax = do/2, which is the distance to the extreme fibre
c) For pipes J = p(do4-di4)/32
Therefore torsion modulus Zt = J/ymax = p(do4-di4)/32 x 2/do = p(do4-di4)/( 16do )

2) Open sections :-
a) open sections use torsional resistance R, this gives much more accurate predictions of torsional rotations,
than polar moment of inertia J, ( see Blodgett, Design Of Welded Structures, 1982, section 2-10, table 1 )
Rzz = S bn(bn.dn3)
b/d 1.00 1.50 1.75 2.00 2.50 3.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 10.00 infinity
b 0.141 0.196 0.214 0.229 0.249 0.263 0.281 0.299 0.307 0.313 0.333
N.B. we have assumed on this spreadsheet, that at b/d = 20, then b = 0.333.
b) torsional stress = t = (Torsion.tmax)/R, where tmax, is the thickness of the thickest plate
c) For an I section the Rzz value will be :- bt.tt3/3 + hw.tw3/3 + bb.tb3/3, if the slenderness of each plate >= 20
Therefore torsion modulus Zt = R/tmax

3) Rotational deflections :-
f ( rads ) = T.L/( Es.J ), where T = Torsion, L = length of shaft, Es = youngs modulus,
J = polar moment of inertia J for closed section, or torsional resistance R for an open section

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