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(Received: April 25, 2003 Accepted in Revised Form: October 14, 2004)
Abstract Web of plate girders in bridges are usually reinforced by welded transverse stiffeners in
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order to improve their shear capacity. Due to problems associated with field welding and fatigue,
welded stiffeners are not suitable for retrofitting existing bridges. Bolted stiffeners are a practical
alternative for strengthening girders that are expected to experience shear stresses in excess of their
design shear capacity. This paper presents the results of an analytical study into behavior of plate
girders with bolted transverse stiffeners. Based on this study new requirements are developed for
design of such girders.
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Key Words Bridge, Building, Plate Girder, Plate Buckling, Stiffener, Shear Strength
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1. INTRODUCTION
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2. BACKGROUND
In a transversely stiffened girder, the web resists
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stiffener
web
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Section A-A
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D
J = 2.5
do
2 0.5
D = Depth of web
do = stiffener spacing
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design requirements of AASHTO specification is
based on the Basler tension field model. According
to the AASHTO specification the ultimate shear
capacity of plate girder, Vu, is calculated from the
following equation.
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Vu = 0 .58 y A w C +
1+ 2
(1)
V
18t 2w Y
A s = 0.15B(1 C )A w
Vu
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The analyses
consist of twelve girders with two web slenderness
ratios of 160 and 200 and three panel aspect ratios
of 1.0, 1.5, and 2.0. Each sample is analyzed once
with welded stiffeners and once with rigid bolted
stiffeners. Area and stiffness of welded stiffeners
satisfy the specification requirements. Rigid bolted
stiffener is modeled by restraining out-of-plane
displacement of the web. For each sample the
welded stiffeners are replaced with rigid supports
on the web to model the rigid stiffeners. Similar to
bolted stiffeners, these supports only restrain the
out-of-plane deflection of the web but do not resist
the vertical component of tension filed forces.
Table 1 gives girder dimensions and ultimate
shear capacities in accordance with the AASHTO
specification. It also lists the shear capacity
obtained from the analyses. Failures in all cases are
due to shear. Yielding of the web across a tension
field band in direction of panels diagonal is the
basic failure mechanism.
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D/tw
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sample
Flange
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Length
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1.0 x 200
5.0 x 80
8.0
0.8 x 160
4.0 x 64
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1.25 x 200
5.0 x 80
8.0
1.0 x 160
4.0 x 64
6.4
200
160
=d0/D
1.0
1.5
2.0
1.0
1.5
2.0
1.0
1.5
2.0
1.0
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P cr F v
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Fv =
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2 1+ 2
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1.0
x
200
1.25
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200
200
160
=do/D
AASHTO
Proposed
AASHTO
1.0
1.5
2.0
1.0
1.5
2.0
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150
200
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293
390
553
462
381
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511
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( EI ) stiffener
where: C =
3 y (1 C ) A w D 2
4 2 1 + 2
cr
0.58 y
(8)
In order to
evaluate the requirements for flexural rigidity of
bolted stiffeners, some of the previous samples are
analyzed again with flexible bolted stiffeners.
Beam elements whose lateral displacement is
coupled with the corresponding out-of-plane
displacement of the web are used to model the
stiffener. Similar to bolted stiffener, the beam
elements restrain the out-of-plane deflection of the
web but do not resist the vertical component of the
tension filed force. Rectangular steel sections are
used for the stiffeners. The analyses are performed
for stiffeners with the proposed flexural rigidity
and stiffeners with moment of inertia equal to that
required by the specification.
Table 2 lists moment of inertia of stiffeners and
ultimate shear capacity of the samples. This table
also lists the shear capacity associated with rigid
stiffeners and shear strength predicted by the
AASHTO specification.
Figure 5 compares the shear capacities of
samples with the shear strength predicted by the
AASHTO specification. It also shows the shear
capacities when girders are reinforced by rigid
bolted stiffeners. This figure indicates that when
bolted stiffeners with AASHTO required moment
of inertia are used, shear strength may be less than
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5. REFERENCES
1. Vasseghi, A., Shrizadeh, A., Utilizing Transverse Bolted
Stiffeners for Plate Girders in Bridges, Final Research
Report, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering
and Seismology, Tehran, (June 2003).
2. Wagner, H., Flat Sheet Metal Girder with Very Thin
Metal Web, NASA Technical Memo., Nos. 604, 605,
606, NASA, Washington D.C., (1931).
3. Kuhn, P., Peterson, J. P. and Levin, L. R., A Summary of
Diagonal Tension, Part I - Methods of Analysis, NASA
Technical Note 2661, NASA, Washington D.C., (May
1952).
4. Kuhn, P., Peterson, J. P. and Levin, L. R., A Summary of
Diagonal Tension, Part II - Experimental Evidence,
NASA Technical Note 2662, NASA, Washington D.C.,
(May 1952).
5. Basler, K., Strength of Plate Girders in Shear, Trans.
ASCE, Vol. 128, Part II, (1963), 683-695.
6. Standard Specification for Highway Bridges, 16th Ed.,
American Association of State Highway and
Transportation Official, Washington, D. C., (1996).
7. Load and Resistance Factor Design Specification for
Structural Steel Buildings, American Institute of Steel
Construction, Chicago, Illinois, (December 1993).
8. Vasseghi, A., Frank, K. H., Static Shear and Bending
Strength of Composite Plate Girders, PMFSEL Report
No. 87-4, The University of Texas at Austin, (June 1987).
9. Vasseghi, A., Strength and Behavior of Composite Plate
Girder under Shear and Bending Moment, Ph.D.
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4. CONCLUSION
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