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The Design of Modern Steel Bridges - TEDI

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122 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Design</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Modern</strong> <strong>Steel</strong> <strong>Bridges</strong><br />

steel. <strong>The</strong> cross-sectional area <strong>of</strong> the strip adjacent to the weld will then be<br />

given by (CA w/sy). <strong>The</strong> compressive stress s R in the remaining area will have<br />

to balance the tensile force in the yielded area and thus will be given by<br />

sR ¼<br />

CAw<br />

Ag ðCAw=syÞ<br />

where A g is the total cross-sectional area <strong>of</strong> the welded assembly. In Fig. 5.16,<br />

A g is equal to (A S þ bt) per panel.<br />

Taking an example <strong>of</strong> a 15 mm plate <strong>of</strong> yield stress 355 N/mm 2 stiffened by<br />

stiffeners <strong>of</strong> size 200 20 at 300 mm centres, each <strong>of</strong> which is welded to the<br />

plate by two 6 mm size fillet welds deposited simultaneously by a submerged<br />

arc-welding machine<br />

Figure 5.16 Residual strains and stresses due to welding.

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