Research Article

Locally Corroded Stiffener Effect on Shear Buckling Behaviors of Web Panel in the Plate Girder

Table 11

Shear buckling values for the V-L-RL600R400 stiffener series.

Corrosion of longitudinal stiffener Corrosion of vertical stiffener Critical shear buckling load (Shear buckling strength (With corrosion/without corrosion
End (mm)Inner
(mm)
Height (mm)RatioLoad (kN)RatioLoad (kN)Ratio ratio ratio

600
(0.6)
400
(0.4)
00475.451.00 7701.00 0.87 0.95
1000.14680.98 7701.00 0.86 0.95
2000.2457.350.96 7701.00 0.84 0.95
3000.3444.550.94 7400.96 0.82 0.91
4000.4432.80.91 702.50.91 0.79 0.87
5000.5423.10.89 682.50.89 0.78 0.84