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Lateral torsional buckling of plate girder composite bridges – general method

 Lateral torsional buckling of plate girder composite bridges – general method
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Presented at IABSE Congress: Structural Engineering for Future Societal Needs, Ghent, Belgium, 22-24 September 2021, published in , pp. 675-681
DOI: 10.2749/ghent.2021.0675
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According to Eurocode 4-2, lateral torsional buckling check should be performed for any steel flange in compression that is not laterally restrained. In common steel-concrete composite bridges, wit...
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Author(s): (University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy & Schimetta Consult Engineering Ltd., Sofia, Bulgaria)
Medium: conference paper
Language(s): English
Conference: IABSE Congress: Structural Engineering for Future Societal Needs, Ghent, Belgium, 22-24 September 2021
Published in:
Page(s): 675-681 Total no. of pages: 7
Page(s): 675-681
Total no. of pages: 7
DOI: 10.2749/ghent.2021.0675
Abstract:

According to Eurocode 4-2, lateral torsional buckling check should be performed for any steel flange in compression that is not laterally restrained. In common steel-concrete composite bridges, with slab on top of the main girders and no additional horizontal bracing, this applies for the bottom flanges over internal supports of a continuous beams. The check is also relevant for the bottom flanges at the abutments of integral composite bridges.

Eurocode 4-2 gives recommendations for the use of three verification methods for LT buckling: Inverted U-frame method, General method, and Simplified method. In this paper the three methods are discussed. Their restrictions for practical application are commented. Application of the General and Simplified methods over a single span integral composite bridge is illustrated. Comparison of the results between the General method and the Simplified method is presented.

Keywords:
general method simplified method steel-concrete composite bridges LT buckling
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