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Stiffener Design

1) A built-up plate girder with a thin web requires transverse stiffeners to resist the factored shear due to insufficient shear strength without them. 2) Tension field action is permitted for this girder as it satisfies the limits on web slenderness and relative flange area. 3) Stiffener spacings of 59 inches and 99 inches are required for the first two panels based on the required shear and tension field action limits. The third panel does not require additional stiffeners.

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Stiffener Design

1) A built-up plate girder with a thin web requires transverse stiffeners to resist the factored shear due to insufficient shear strength without them. 2) Tension field action is permitted for this girder as it satisfies the limits on web slenderness and relative flange area. 3) Stiffener spacings of 59 inches and 99 inches are required for the first two panels based on the required shear and tension field action limits. The third panel does not require additional stiffeners.

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Example G.8a: Built-up Plate Girder with Transverse Stiffeners.

A built-up ASTM A36 I-shaped girder spanning 56 ft has a uniformly distributed dead load of 0.92 klf and a live load of 2.74 klf in the strong direction. The girder is 36 in tall with 12 in x 1-1/2 in flanges and a 5/16 in web. Determine if the member has sufficient available shear strength to support the end shear, with and without tension field action. Use transverse stiffeners as required. User note: This built-up girder was purposely selected with a thin web to illustrate the design of transverse stiffeners. A more conventionally proportioned plate girder would have at least 1/2 in web and slightly smaller flanges.

Lbeam 56 ft

Factored load combinations: kip kip WD 1.2 0.92 = 1.1 ft ft

[ASCE 7-05 2.3.2 or AISC p. 2-8] kip kip WL 1.6 2.74 = 4.4 ft ft

WD + WL Lbeam Ru = 154 kip 2 Material Properties for ASTM A36: Fy 36 ksi Fu 58 ksi

[AISC Table 3-23, example 1]

[AISC Table 2-3, p. 2-39] E 29000 ksi

Geometric Properties for Built-up Girder: tw 0.313 in tf 1.5 in d 36 in h 33 in bft 12 in bfc 12 in

Afc bfc tf = 18 in 2

Aft bft tf = 18 in 2

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Example G.8a: Built-up Plate Girder with Transverse Stiffeners.

Determine if stiffeners are required: Aw d tw = 11.27 in 2 | h kv if 260| tw | 5 | | else | 1.2 | kv = 5 (for unstiffened webs)

[AISC G.2 p. 16.1-65]

|| kv E h || Cv if < 1.10 t F || y w || 1 || | kv E kv E | | h else if 1.10 | < < 1.37 Fy Fy | | tw || kv E || 1.10 || Fy || || h || tw || || kv E h else if || > 1.37 tw Fy || || 1.51 E kv || 2 || h || F y tw || Calculate Vn: Vn 0.6 Fy Aw Cv = 133 kip v 0.9

[AISC Eqn G2-3, G2-4, G2-5 p. 16.1-65]

Cv = 0.547

| shear_strength if Ru v Vn stiffeners not required | | | else | stiffeners required | shear_strength = stiffeners required

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Example G.8a: Built-up Plate Girder with Transverse Stiffeners.

Manual Tables 3-16a and 3-16b can be used to select stiffener spacings needed to develop the required web stress. Limits of Tension Field Action: Consideration of tension field action is not permitted if any of the following are true: | h h Condition_1 if > 6 > 6 | bfc bft | TFA not permitted | | else | TFA permitted | Condition_1 = TFA permitted | 2 Aw > 2.5 Condition_2 if | | Afc + Aft TFA not permitted | | else | TFA permitted | Condition_2 = TFA permitted

Condition 3: If section is an end panel. Select stiffener spacing for end panel:

Condition 4: See below.

Tension field action not permitted for end panels. Therefore use Table 3-16a. Vu1 A = 13.6 ksi Aw h B = 105 tw

Vu1 Ru

a/h = 1.8 a 1.8 h = 59 in | 260 2 a Condition_4 if < 3 | h h | | t w | TFA permitted | | else TFA not permitted | | Condition_4 = TFA permitted

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Example G.8a: Built-up Plate Girder with Transverse Stiffeners.

Select stiffener spacing for second panel: Calculate the required shear strength at the start of the second panel, 59 in. from the end Vu2 Ru WD + WL 59 in = 127 kip | shear_strength if Vu2 v Vn stiffeners not required | | | else | stiffeners required | shear_strength = stiffeners required Vu2 A = 11.2 ksi Aw Conditions 1, 2, and 3 are met for tension field action. Use table 3-16b. Check conditon 4 afterwards. Use Table 3-16b from the Manual to select the required stiffener a/h ratio based on the h/t ratio of the girder and the required stress. Interpolate and follow an availbale stress curve, A for a value of 11.2 ksi and B for a value of 105. Because the stress curve does not intersect the B value of 105, the maximum value of 3.0 for a/h may be used. Since h=33 in, an additional stiffener is required at (3.0)(33 in) = 99 in maximum from the previous one. a 3.0 h = 99 in | 260 2 a Condition_4 if < 3 | h h | | t w | TFA permitted | | else TFA not permitted | | Condition_4 = TFA permitted

Select stiffener spacing for third panel:

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Example G.8a: Built-up Plate Girder with Transverse Stiffeners.

Calculate the required shear strength at the start of the second panel, 158 in. from the end

Vu2 Ru WD + WL 158 in = 81 kip shear_strength if Vu2 v Vn stiffeners not required else stiffeners required shear_strength = stiffeners not required

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