CSB (2 Hh ube 626.072.2468 April 1977 CIRIA GUIDE 3 Structural action in steel box girders PUBLICATION EsCIRIA is the grant-aided research association set up by the construction industry to undertake co-operative research and produce technical information for the benefit ofits members. The Association's chief aim is to help its members to improve the efficiency and quality of their work. CIRIA identifies the needs ofits members and initiates and manages projects designed to rect these needs. The areas covered at present include: structural design: civil engineering construction: building design and construction; earthworks and foundations: underground construction: hydraulic and public health engineering: offshore engineering and underwater technology. ‘The Association is controlled by its members through an elected Council which is advised by Finance and Research Committees. Six Sectional Committees, which together represent the full range of the technical interests of members, are responsible for preparing and supervising the programme of work undertaken. Membership is open to professional practices, firms, civil engineering and building contractors, local authorities, regional water authorities. public utilities and other bodies concerned with construction or underwater engineering. ‘The Association has an Underwater Engineering Group (UEG) which deals with work in the rapidly expanding area of offshore engineering, The Group has its own membership and is controlled by its own elected committee, but itis otherwise a part of the CIRIA organisation ‘The Piling Development Group was set up with financial support from the Property Services, Agency of the Department of the Environment. end the Building Research Establishment is, sharing the cost of the research programme. MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTION RATES (VAT at the standard rate to be added to the figures. below) Main CIRIA membership Professional offices £2 a year per person employed on activities in construction (excluding those working on sites). Minimum subscription £50 Contractors 35p a year per operative employed on construction. Minimum subscription £50, Local Authorities £1 per 4000 population. Minimum subscription £25 a year Universities and educational bodies. £100 a year Allother members By negotiation subject to a minimum of £50 a year Underwater Engineering Group From £150 minimum to £2500 a year, depending on degree of involvement and scale of operations in offshore engineering, Enquiries and any other requests for information should be sent to the Secretary. CIRIA. 6 Storey’s Gate, London SWIP 3AU. ‘This document is confidential to Members of the Association and their staffs. It is not to be published nor reproduced in any way, in full or in part, nor circulated to other persons or organisations, without written permission. Members may purchase additional copies of this Guide from the Association.SUMMARY HORNE, M. R. Structural action in box girders Construction Industry Research and Information Association Guide 3, April 1977 ‘A discussion of linear elastic analysis of box girders shows how it can be used t0 determine shear lag, torsional warping, stresses due to distortion, stresses in multi-box systems, and the limits of elastic behaviour. ‘Next, elastic buckling and post-buckling of plates, caused by longitudinal ‘compression and shear, are dealt with. The determination of buckling strength of panels and webs stiffened by flange plates is explained. ‘Stress distribution in bearing diaphragms is discussed, and the reasons for failure are siven, Secondary stresses caused by interaction between flanges and diaphragms, and due to restraint of warping, are explained. The effect of imperfections and residual welding stresses is discussed. Finally, general considerations in applying structural analysis to design in relation to the Merrison Rules are presented. KEYWORDS (fiom Construction Industry Thesaurus) Box beams; steel; structural engineering, READER INTEREST Steelwork Fabricators; Structural Steel Designers