Chapter 6 Plate Girder
Chapter 6 Plate Girder
Chapter 6 Plate Girder
Plate girder
5.1 Introduction
5.3 Fiber stress of plate girder
5.4 Width of compression flange
5.1 Introduction
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1.Economicwebdepthofgirders
For simply supported main girders of railway bridges the
height of web could not be less than 1/10 of the bridge span.
And for roadway bridges the height of web could not be less
than 1/12 of the bridge span. While for continuous and
cantilever girders the web height could not be less than (1/10
1/14) of the bridge span. For stringers and cross-girders the
height could not be less than (1/12 1/10) respectively.
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1.Thicknessoftheweb
(1) t w
d f bc
145
d
( 2) t w
120
if f bc Fbc ( 0.58 Fy ) t w
d Fy
190
Steel
Grade
st37
st44
st52
d
110
d
100
t>40mm
d
120
d
120
d
105
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q act
QD Sx
QD
=
qall 0.35 y
Ix *t
Aweb
or qb
a. e.
0.36 q act
Fb 0.8
* Fy
qb
K q 4 5.34 / 2
K q 5.34 4 / 2
K q 5.34
for 1
for 1
d1
10
If ;
d w /t w 45
kq
Fy
no web buckling
q b q all 0.35Fy
q act q b (if not increase t w )
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If ;
d w /t w 45
kq
Fy
Calculate
d/ tw
q
57
Fy
kq
for
q 0.80 q all q b 0.35 Fy (i.e; d w /t w 45
kq
Fy
QD Sx
QD
=
q all 0.35 y or qb
Ix *t
Aweb gross
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Approximatemethod(flangeareamethod)
This method is used to obtain a reasonable cross section
before we check with the exact method. The flange
material is grouped quite closed together and nearly the
moment of inertia of the flanges is equal to 85 % of the
total moment of inertia of the whole section. If we
assumed that the two flanges acts as the upper and lower
chord of truss, i.e the flange stress is nearly constant.
Hence, the required flange area:
A flange
M
=
h Fb
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for St 37.
Fb = 1.6
for St 44.
Fb = 2.1
for St 52.
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t w h 3 (t w h) h 2 A web h 2
=
=
=
12
12
12
A
h
= 2 web
6 2
A web h 2
=
12
C. Hence, 1/6 gross area of the web acts with the flange (welded
section only):
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Gross moment of inertia of the web= I gross web
A web h
= 2
6 2
A web h 2
=
12
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M
A flange =
h f all
A flange plates
A web
= A flange -
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E = 2100 t/cm2
Iy = moment of inertia of plate girder compression flange =
IY flange only
a = spacing between U-frames = (a Lu 2 a)
d13
d 22 * B
=
3 * EI1 2 * EI 2
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d1 = dw Hx.G.
d2 = dw Hx.G./2
I1 = moment of inertia of bracket.
I2 = IX = moment of inertia of X-G. about the axis of
bending
B = the distance between centers of Main Girders.
C
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tf
Fy
(Table 2.1c)
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