Numerical analysis of curved steel plate girders subjected to patch loading
Curved steel plate girders are often utilized in bridges built in congested urban areas, where intricate plan alignments are required. Their performance and design is, however, more complex than that of equivalent straight girders, especially regarding concentrated forces: while AASHTO adopts a simp...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositorio: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/400807 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/400807 https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2023.117015 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Steel, Structural Steel I-girders curved in plan Patch loading Elastic critical buckling load Ultimate load Acer de construcció Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Materials i estructures::Materials i estructures metàl·liques |
| Sumario: | Curved steel plate girders are often utilized in bridges built in congested urban areas, where intricate plan alignments are required. Their performance and design is, however, more complex than that of equivalent straight girders, especially regarding concentrated forces: while AASHTO adopts a simplified and empirical approach for the design of curved steel girders, the Eurocode for plated structures EN 1993-1-5 does not address the patch loading design of steel plate girders curved in plan, being only applicable to straight girders. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out further research in order to achieve a better understanding of the behavior of curved steel plate girders so that suitable design approaches accounting for the specific response of these structures can be developed. This paper presents a comprehensive numerical study on curved steel plate I-girders subjected to patch loading, considering material and geometric nonlinearities as well as initial imperfections. The numerical models are developed by means of the advanced finite element software ABAQUS and validated against experimental tests available in the literature. The numerical results demonstrate that the elastic critical buckling loads increase with increasing span-to-plan radii, which can be conservatively estimated using the EN 1993-1-5 provisions for straight steel girders, and that the ultimate patch loading resistance decreases with the radius of curvature. Based on this, practical recommendations are proposed to extend the applicability of the design provisions prescribed in the next version of EN 1993-1-5 for straight steel I-girders to the case of curved steel I-girders. |
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