Flexural resistance of longitudinally stiffened plate girders
AASHTO LRFD requires the use of longitudinal stiffeners in plate girder webs when the web slenderness D/tw is greater than 150. This practice is intended to limit the lateral flexing of the web plate during construction and at service conditions. AASHTO accounts for an increase in the web bend buckl...
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Georgia Institute of Technology
2016
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/54436 |