Transition Design

Check for panel stresses in

transition

Ashish Sharma
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PROJECT: - TIDONG HEP, DESIGN OF TRANSITION for stresses

Steel structure erected at site

1.0 Introduction

A steel transition from is erected at site as shown in figure above. It is assumed that
a lift of 1 to 1.5 m of concrete shall be poured at a time while doing back fill
concreting. The concrete will be first poured in sideways and subsequently we move
towards top. Load component of wet concrete poured in sideways will act towards
downside and will not buckle the steel transition from outside. Weight of wet concrete
will tend to bend the top panels from outside and same has to be checked for
bending. For the design purpose the largest panel at the top has been checked for
the bending stresses and same section are provided in other panels.

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2.0 Design Data

 Thickness of sheet = 5 mm

 Height of panel = 1.0 m

 C/c of stiffeners = 0.5 m

 Section of stiffener = ISA 50 x 50 x 5

 Design condition = All edges fixed condition

 Material = IS 2062

 Yp of Material = 250 Mpa

 UTS of Material = 410 Mpa

 Allowable Bending Stress = 0.6 x 250 = 150 Mpa(1530 kg/cm2)

 Density of wet concrete = 2.4 g/cm3 or 2400 kg/cm3

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3.0 Design of panel

 4y

 4x
25

 2y  3y
b =100
50
 2x  3x

25

a = 50 a = 50

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b/a =100 / 50 = 2.0 ‘K’ value for b/a = 2.0 from table below is

 2x =  25.0  2Y =  9.5

 3x =  50  3Y =  0.3 x50 = 15

 4x =  0.3 x 34.30 = 10.29  4Y =  34.30

Pressure exerted by 1.0 m concrete on top panel

P=ρxg xh
P = (2400 x9.81 x 1)/ 1000000= 0.0235 Mpa say 0.24 kg/cm 2
Thickness of plate, s= 5 mm say 0.5 cm

Bending stress in skin plate :

b = [(K/100) X ((p X a2)/s2)] = [(K/100) X (0.24X 502) / 0.52] = 24 K kg/cm2

2x =  600 kg/cm2 < 1530 kg/cm2 2Y =  228kg/cm2 < 1530 kg/cm2

3x =  1200 kg/cm2 < 1530 kg/cm2 3Y =  360 kg/cm2 < 1530 kg/cm2

4x =  246 kg/cm2 < 1530 kg/cm2 4Y =  824 kg/cm2 < 1530 kg/cm2

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Design of stiffeners :

Head to the centre of the panel = 0.24 kg/cm2

W3 W4 W3

25
2
W3 = ½ X 2 X 25 X 0.24= 150 kg
B 25 25 C
100
W4 = 2 X 50 X 25 X 0.24 = 600 kg

RB = RC = 450 kg

BM = 13750 kgcm

Co-acting width of skin plate :

L =100 B = 25

L/B = 4.0 VII = 0.50 from fig below

2VB = 2 X 0.50 X 25 = 25 cm

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It is proposed to ISA 50x 50 x 5 as stiffeners.

1. Section of ‘A’ = 25 x 0.5

2. Section of ‘B’= ISA 50 x50 x 5

Sectional Properties

Area = 25 x 0.5 + 4.79 = 17.29 cm2

IXX = 11 + ((25 x 0.53)/12 +25 x 0.5 x( 3.84)2) = 195 cm4

Z1 = 195 / 3.84 = 50 cm3

Bending stress =13750/ 50 = 275 kg/cm2 < 1530 kg/cm2

Hence the Section provided is SAFE.