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The Design of Modern Steel Bridges - TEDI

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where<br />

Peq ¼ s1tB<br />

PE Ps<br />

Pcro Peq1<br />

¼ s1tB PE<br />

ð2:5ksÞ ð5:37Þ<br />

Pcro<br />

ks ¼ 4Ps<br />

p 2 Py<br />

Z þ Py<br />

PE<br />

Using the expressions for P cro derived earlier, we have:<br />

(1) for webs stiffened longitudinally and vertically<br />

ðaÞ if m 0:25 > n<br />

Peq ¼ s1tB n<br />

2m1=2 ð2:5ksÞ ¼1:25s1tBksnm 1=2<br />

ðbÞ if m 0:25 < n<br />

Peq ¼ s1tB n3<br />

m þ n4 ð2:5ksÞ ¼2:5s1tBks<br />

m þ n4 (2) for webs with transverse stiffeners only<br />

Peq ¼ s1tB p2 EIsy<br />

B 2<br />

¼ 4:1s1ks<br />

Rolled Beam and Plate Girder <strong>Design</strong> 143<br />

aIsy<br />

t<br />

B<br />

6E<br />

1=2<br />

a<br />

t 3 Isy<br />

1=2<br />

ð2:5ksÞ<br />

n 3<br />

ð5:38Þ<br />

ð5:39Þ<br />

ð5:40Þ<br />

In the first edition <strong>of</strong> this book, the critical buckling load <strong>of</strong> a transversely<br />

stiffened web was derived from an assumed buckling mode <strong>of</strong> saw-tooth<br />

pattern, consisting <strong>of</strong> straight longitudinal strips <strong>of</strong> web between transverse<br />

stiffeners and the latter deflecting alternately inwards and outwards. <strong>The</strong> critical<br />

buckling load P cro was derived from this buckling mode as<br />

p 4 EIsya<br />

4B 3<br />

This expression would predict that Pcro would increase with any increase in<br />

the spacing a <strong>of</strong> the transverse stiffeners, all other parameters remaining the<br />

same. This is obviously unrealistic. <strong>The</strong> assumed saw-tooth buckling mode is<br />

really invalid, as the straight longitudinal strips are assumed to be <strong>of</strong> negligible<br />

flexural stiffness and would thus be unable to resist any applied longitudinal<br />

compressive loading.<br />

A study <strong>of</strong> the elastic critical buckling solutions for many stiffened panel<br />

geometries in References [10] and [11] indicates that the magnitude <strong>of</strong> the<br />

critical shear stress <strong>of</strong> the panels is numerically very similar to the critical<br />

longitudinal compressive stress. Thus, sl above can be taken as the sum <strong>of</strong> the

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