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Title:

RESEARCH ON HYBRID PLATE GIRDERS

Accession Number:

00208496

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

RESULTS ARE PRESENTED OF TESTS ON WELDED PLATE GIRDERS WITH 100,000-PSI YIELD POINT CONSTRUCTIONAL ALLOY STEEL FLANGES AND ASTM A36 CARBON STEEL WEB. FIVE TESTS WERE MADE ON TWO SPECIMENS BY SUBJECTING THEM TO MOMENT AND SHEAR LOADING. THE REPORT DISCUSSES THE DEFLECTION, BUCKLING, AND YIELDING CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SPECIMENS. RESULTS INDICATE THAT HYBRID GIRDERS OF THE TYPE TESTED CAN FUNCTION SATISFACTORILY UNDER STATIC LOAD WHEN PROPERLY DESIGNED. THESE GIRDERS ARE BEST SUITED FOR LONG SPANS IN WHICH THE RATIO OF LIVE LOAD TO TOTAL LOAD IS SMALL. WHEN THIS RATIO IS LARGE, LIVE LOAD DEFLECTIONS MAY BECOME EXCESSIVE. STRAIN GAGE DATA TAKEN SHOW THAT PLANE SECTIONS BEFORE BENDING REMAIN PLANE EVEN AFTER THE WEB HAS YIELDED CONSIDERABLY. THESE RESULTS AND THE LOAD-DEFLECTION CHARACTERISTICS SHOW THAT ORDINARY BENDING THEORY CAN BE USED IN THE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF HYBRID BEAMS AND GIRDERS. /AUTHOR/

Supplemental Notes:

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Monograph Accession #:

01408184

Authors:

Toprac, A A

Pagination:

pp 23-42

Publication Date:

1962

Serial:

Highway Research Board Bulletin

Issue Number: 339
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Conference:

41st Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 1962-1-8 to 1962-1-12
Sponsors: National Research Council

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Appendices (1) ; Figures (19) ; References (2) ; Tables (4)

Uncontrolled Terms:

Old TRIS Terms:

Subject Areas:

Bridges and other structures; Highways

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Aug 5 1994 12:00AM

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