INPUT PARAMET

Span of the Girder

Maximum bending moment
Maximum Shear force
Grade of Steel
fu
fy
E
mU
Factored UDL
Partial Safety factors
For Site welding
For Shop welding
For bolted connection
mo
Design of web

Optimim depth of plate girder

l/20=
l/12=
Assume depth of plate girder, d
Thickness of web can be any value between 10 mm to 20 mm
Thickness of web, tw
Design of flange

Required area of flange

Af=
Assuming width of flange equal to 0.3 times depth of girder
Width of flange bf=
Approximately bf=
Thickness of flange tf=
Approximately tf=
Classification of flange

The outstand of flange, b=

b/tf=

Classification of web

d/tw
Compact
Web doesnot require any stiffeners
Assume spacing between stiffeners C=
0.7d=
c/tw<=
Minimum thickness of web tw
Minimum thickness of web tw
Hence OK

Check for Moment capacity

Moment of resistance

Shear Capacity of web

For Panel ABCD

Shear force corresponding to web buckling, Vcr=
C/d
Kv
Elastic critical shear stress, tcr,c
Non dimensional slenderness ratio, w
b
Shear force corresponding to web buckling, Vcr=
Factored shear force, Vd

No need to provide intermediate transverse stiffeners

For Panel BEFC
Assume C=
C/d=
As per IS 800: 2007 Clause 8.4.2 (b)
Kv
Elastic critical shear stress, tcr,c
Non dimensional slenderness ratio, w
b
Shear force corresponding to web buckling, Vcr=
Factored shear force, Vd
Shear force acting at BC

inclination of the tension field

sin
cos
sin2
Nf
Reduced plastic moment capacity Mfr
Anchorage length of tension field, S
Width of tension field, Wtf

Yield Strength of tension field fv

Nominal Shear resistance Vtf
Factored shear resistance Vd

No need to provide intermediate transverse stiffeners

Bearing stiffeners

Force carrying by bearing stiffener

Assume stiffener bearing length to be
Local capacity of web, Fw=
b1=
n2=
Fw=
Stiffener shouldnot act as column
Let us provide 4 stiffeners in the form of plates
Number of stiffeners
Assume Thickness of bearing stiffener tq
Maximum out stand
Design width
Design width
Effective cross-sectional area
Moment of inertia, I
Radius of gyration, r
Slenderness ratio, KL/r
From IS800: 2007, Table 9(c )
fcd
column capacity

Check for bearing capacity of the stiffener

Bearing strength of stiffene, Fpsd=

Aq
Bearing strength of stiffene, Fpsd=

Design of Intermediate transfer stiffeners

let us assume Thickness of the intermediate transverse

Spacing of intermediate transfer stiffener C=
Number of panels formed by stiffeners
Number of panels formed by stiffeners
d=

c/d=
If C/d >=1.414 Is=
if C/d <=1.414 Is=

Is>=
Is=
ds
ds
Out Stand of the Transverse stiffener, ds

Check for outstand

14tq
20tq

Compression flange buckling requirement

1.5d=
d/tw=
Therefore tw=
tw minimum=
Therefore provided thickness of web is OK

Buckling check on Intermediate Transfer stiffener

Tension Capacity of one flat
Fq=
V=
Vcr=
Vcr=
Fq=
Fbd=

INPUT PARAMETERS

20 m
1500 kNm
500 kN
Fe 410
410
250
200000
0.3
30 kN/m
1.5
1.25
1.25
1.1

l/12 to l/20
1m
1.6666666667 m
1200 mm

0 mm to 20 mm
12 mm

Af= (Mz*mo)/(fy*d))
5500 mm^2

epth of girder
360 mm
360 mm
15.2777777778 mm
30 mm

174
5.8

Plastic Section

100 <126

1000 mm
840
200
5 mm
5 mm

3019.0909090909 kN-m
Safe

Av*b
0.8333333333 <1
for c/d <1
11.704
211.4840132308
0.8261348044
211.4840132308 Mpa
3045.3697905231 kN
2768.5179913846 kN
Safe

rse stiffeners

1500 mm
1.25
if C/d>1, we have to use tension field method
for c/d >1
7.91
142.9287888462
1.0049161686

rse stiffeners

142.9287888462 Mpa
2058.1745593846 kN
1871.0677812588 kN
470 kN

25.7780684708 degrees
0.434
0.9005
0.7831
1219512.19512195 N
15.2513219644 kN-m
328.5741427408 <
714.802355899 mm
167.8913018181
3.5775676104
2070.1609191912 kN
1881.964471992 kN
Safe

500 kN
500 mm
320 mm
(b1+n2)*tw*(fy/(M0))
500 mm
75
1568.1818181818 kN

4
14 mm
280 mm
196 mm
200 mm
17816 mm^2
163258613.333333 mm^4
95.7266695867 mm^4
8.7749840627
227 Mpa
4044.232 kN
Safe

Aq*fy/(0.8*mo)
11200 mm^2
3181.8181818182 kN
Safe

10 mm
1500 mm
13.3333333333
14
1200 mm

1.25 <1.414
>= 0.75d(tw)^3
>= (1.5*d^3*tw^3)/C^2
If C/d >=1.414

if C/d <=1.414
112500

tw*(2*ds)^3/12

144000
tw*(2*ds)^3/12

25.6496392002

27.8495330017

27.8495330017
40 mm

140 mm
200 mm
Which is OK

1800
if C<1.5d
345 f^2

if c>1.5d
345 f
3.4782608696
3.4782608696

stiffener
826.56 Tdn = 0.9Anfy/mo
<= Fbd
470 kN

(V-Vcr)/mo
Av*Tb

2058.1745593846 kN
-1443.795053986 kN
826.56 kN
Safe

3.4782608696

Inputs from STAAD Analysis

Inputs from STAAD Analysis

Any value between l/20 to l/12 is acceptable

IS 800 : 2007, Table 2

IS 800 : 2007, Table 2

IS 800: Clause: 8.6.1.1

IS 800 : 2007, Cl 8.4.2.2, (a)

1500 mm

IS 800: 2007 Clauss:8.7.2.4

IS 800: 2007 Clauss:8.6.1.2

IS 800: 2007 Clauss: 8.7.2.5

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