Section 4 BS 5950-1:2000 4.4 Plate girders 441 General For the design of plate girders, the additional provisions given in 4.4.2, 44.9, 44.4, 44.6 and 4.4.6 should be satisfied, together with the relevant provisions given in 4.2 and 4.3, 4.4.2 Design strength ‘The design strength of the flanges p,c and the design strength of the web py should both be determined from 31 Iya yen th design sicngth of the langes py should aay be uned when considering moments or axial foree, see Figure 11a), but the design strength of the web p, may optionally be used ‘when considering shear or transverse forces applied to the web, For a hybrid plate girder (with a web of a lower strength grade than the flanges), the design strength p, of the web should always be used when considering shear or transverse forces applied to the web, but both design strengths may be taken into account when considering moments or axial foree, see Figure 11b). NOTE ‘The lssfeation othe web sould be based on py 608 Table 2, a =) 1) Web design strength Py d: t = d/250; where stiffener spacing a < d: t= (d!250)(ald)06; ©) for webs with longitudinal stiffeners, reference should be made to BS 5400-3. RSI 05.2001 )