Research Article

Prediction of Shear Lag Effect in Thin-Walled Single-Box Multicell Box Girder Based on the Modified Warping Displacement Function

Table 2

Vertical deflections of midspan and 1/3-span of a simply supported box girder (1B2C).

xFEMEBTTBTSL-THY1SL-THY2

L/2 (450 mm) (mm)1.6131.1691.5361.6471.643
Error (%)−27.54−4.772.091.84

L/3 (300 mm) (mm)1.4131.0161.3431.4401.437
Error (%)−28.10−4.991.921.67