Shear Strength of End Panels in Steel Plate Girders
Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 147, Issue 6
Abstract
Plate girders, usually characterized by having large depth-to-web thickness ratios, have been widely used for long-span applications in bridges and buildings. US design provisions (AISC specifications for building design and AASHTO specifications for bridge design) permit the strength contribution from tension-field action after web buckling in calculating the design shear strength of interior panels, but not exterior panels. Testing of four large-size steel plate girders demonstrated a much higher shear resistance of end panels than those predicted by code provisions. Based on the failure mode observed from both testing and finite element simulation, an analytical model was developed to simulate the collapse mechanism. Plastic analysis was used to derive a shear strength equation. This equation, similar in format to that used in current design codes for interior panels, includes a parameter to account for the contribution of partial tension-field action.
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Some or all data, models, or code that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Acknowledgments
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) funded this work under Contract No. 65A0473. The authors would like to thank Drs. Charles Sikorsky (project manager), George Huang, and Lian Duan at Caltrans for their guidance and advice.
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Volume 147 • Issue 6 • June 2021
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Received: Sep 5, 2020
Accepted: Jan 15, 2021
Published online: Mar 25, 2021
Published in print: Jun 1, 2021
Discussion open until: Aug 25, 2021
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