<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A comparative study of the load-bearing capacity of selected steel plate girders with slender webs under fire action is presented in this paper. Typical plate girders and girders with corrugated webs are considered. Stiffeners are only placed at the ends of cantilever beams so the shear buckling is a possibility. Fire resistance of the analysed members was estimated using two separate FEM software packages. Moreover, the computational approach applied for each case was different, thus validation of the software was possible. Failure modes, critical temperatures and deformations for steel plate girders subject to fire temperatures are also presented.</p></abstract>

A comparative study of the load-bearing capacity of selected steel plate girders with slender webs under fire action is presented in this paper. Typical plate girders and girders with corrugated webs are considered. Stiffeners are only placed at the ends of cantilever beams so the shear buckling is a possibility. Fire resistance of the analysed members was estimated using two separate FEM software packages. Moreover, the computational approach applied for each case was different, thus validation of the software was possible. Failure modes, critical temperatures and deformations for steel plate girders subject to fire temperatures are also presented.

The fire resistance of steel plate girders with slender webs – A comparative study

Institute of Building Materials and Engineering Structures, Faculty of Civil Engineering

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A comparative study of the load-bearing capacity of selected steel plate girders with slender webs under fire action is presented in this paper. Typical plate...

The fire resistance of steel plate girders with slender webs – A comparative study

Published Online: May 23, 2020

Page range: 97 - 104

Received: Oct 18, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.18.165.9421

Keywords
fire resistance, steel plate girder, corrugated webs, local buckling

© 2018 Piotr Woźniczka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

The fire resistance of steel plate girders with slender webs – A comparative study

Published Online: May 23, 2020

Page range: 97 - 104

Received: Oct 18, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.18.165.9421

Keywordsfire resistance, steel plate girder, corrugated webs, local buckling

© 2018 Piotr Woźniczka et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

Keywords
fire resistance, steel plate girder, corrugated webs, local buckling