Research Article

A Finite Segment Method for Skewed Box Girder Analysis

Table 2

Comparisons of deflections (unit: mm).

Load casesPositionLeft webRight web
FSMTestDifferenceFSMTestDifference

Symmetric loadIV−3.513−3.539−0.7%−3.660−3.4635.4%
V−4.956−5.046−1.8%−5.196−4.9355.0%
VI−3.526−3.4542.1%−3.631−3.646−0.4%

Torsional loadIV−3.868−3.7862.2%−3.220−3.251−1.0%
V−5.064−4.9462.4%−5.145−5.218−1.4%
VI−3.252−3.1722.5%−3.825−3.5916.1%