The Design of Modern Steel Bridges - TEDI
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134 <strong>The</strong> <strong>Design</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Modern</strong> <strong>Steel</strong> <strong>Bridges</strong><br />
Figure 5.23 Buckling <strong>of</strong> compressive part <strong>of</strong> web.<br />
than its plastic moment <strong>of</strong> resistance. At this stage, the compressive part <strong>of</strong> the<br />
web undergoes substantial buckling and consequently the compressive flange<br />
buckles into the web as shown in Fig. 5.23.<br />
As a result <strong>of</strong> the buckling <strong>of</strong> the compressive part <strong>of</strong> the web, the distribution<br />
<strong>of</strong> bending stress changes from the ideal linear pattern, as shown in Fig. 5.23,<br />
and the web becomes less efficient. To quantify the reduction in the bending<br />
strength <strong>of</strong> the web, the following reduction factor was suggested<br />
pffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi<br />
by Cooper[9]<br />
for an I-beam <strong>of</strong> equal flanges and a web deeper than 5.7tw E=syw<br />
1 0:0005 Aw<br />
sffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi!<br />
d E<br />
5:7<br />
ð5:34Þ<br />
Af<br />
where Aw and Af are the area <strong>of</strong> the web and each flange, respectively, and d is<br />
the web depth. According to this approach there is no reduction in bending<br />
strength if d=tw is less than 137 and 165 for syw ¼ 355 N/mm 2 and 245 N/mm 2 ,<br />
respectively. Cooper’s expression for reduction in bending strength can also be<br />
expressed as a reduced effective web thickness twe as follows:<br />
sffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi!<br />
twe d E<br />
¼ 1 5:7 0:003 þ 0:0005 Aw<br />
ð5:35Þ<br />
tw<br />
tw<br />
tw<br />
syw<br />
From the results <strong>of</strong> large-deflection elasto-plastic computer studies on the<br />
strength <strong>of</strong> plate panels subjected to in-plane bending and with different edge<br />
conditions, welding residual stresses and out-<strong>of</strong>-plane imperfections (see<br />
Section 5.4.4), the following expression for the effective width is specified in<br />
BS 5400: Part 3[2]<br />
twe<br />
¼ 1:425 0:00625<br />
tw<br />
dc<br />
rffiffiffiffiffiffiffiffi<br />
syw<br />
ð5:36Þ<br />
tw 355<br />
where dc is the depth <strong>of</strong> the compressive part <strong>of</strong> the web. This expression:<br />
(1) ignores the effect <strong>of</strong> the different ratios <strong>of</strong> web to flange areas, as this<br />
effect, as predicted by equation (5.35), was in fact found to be quite small<br />
(2) is valid for girders with equal or unequal flanges<br />
(3) stipulates no reduction in the effectiveness <strong>of</strong> the web if the ratio <strong>of</strong> the<br />
depth <strong>of</strong> the compressive zone to thickness is less than 68 and 82 (or, in<br />
syw<br />
Af