Shear buckling behavior of steel plate girders at elevated temperatures

Jonathan D. Glassman, Maria Eugenia Moreyra Garlock

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Abstract

Fires resulting from accidents involving tanker trucks or other vehicles pose a significant hazard to highway bridges, particularly steel plate girder bridges. These fires can burn at very high temperatures such that the strength of steel decreases considerably. Web shear buckling is hypothesized to be a gauge of the structural fire performance of a steel plate girder and this paper investigates this mechanism at elevated temperatures. Finite element solutions were compared with closed-form solutions that were previously developed for ambient temperature conditions. The FE models were based on the following parameters: material model, span-to-depth ratios, and temperature range from 20 C to 1100 C. Results show that the applicability of the existing closed-form solution should be re-examined, predominantly at elevated temperatures for larger span-to-depth ratios.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationStructures Congress 2013
Subtitle of host publicationBridging Your Passion with Your Profession - Proceedings of the 2013 Structures Congress
PublisherAmerican Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Pages2872-2883
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9780784412848
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
EventStructures Congress 2013: Bridging Your Passion with Your Profession - Pittsburgh, PA, United States
Duration: May 2 2013May 4 2013

Publication series

NameStructures Congress 2013: Bridging Your Passion with Your Profession - Proceedings of the 2013 Structures Congress

Other

OtherStructures Congress 2013: Bridging Your Passion with Your Profession
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPittsburgh, PA
Period5/2/135/4/13

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Building and Construction

Keywords

  • bridge
  • fire
  • plate girder
  • postbuckling strength
  • steel
  • web shear buckling

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