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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

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