Load bearing stiffeners at supports of plate girders are designed as:
Choose the correct answer
Simple tension members
Compression members (columns) with an effective section including stiffener plus a portion of the web
Pure bending members
Members in combined bending and torsion
Correct Answer
B. Compression members (columns) with an effective section including stiffener plus a portion of the web
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Bearing stiffeners carry concentrated reaction/load by acting as columns. IS 800 clause on plate girders: bearing stiffener + 20 x tw of web on each side (for interior stiffeners) acts as a short compression column.
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