Have a personal or library account? Click to login

Random Strength Parameters of Steel Corrugated Webs and Their Influence on the Resistance of Sin Plate Girders

Open Access
|Apr 2019

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Concept of sheet metal folding
Concept of sheet metal folding

Figure 2.

Girders with corrugated webs, from which samples used in investigations into strength properties of corrugated webs were collected: a) with a flexible end stiffener; b) with a rigid end stiffener; c) cantilever girders
Girders with corrugated webs, from which samples used in investigations into strength properties of corrugated webs were collected: a) with a flexible end stiffener; b) with a rigid end stiffener; c) cantilever girders

Figure 3.

Girders at the test stand a) beam girder M 1.41 WTA 1250/300x15; b) cantilever girder M 152 WTA 1500/300x15
Girders at the test stand a) beam girder M 1.41 WTA 1250/300x15; b) cantilever girder M 152 WTA 1500/300x15

Figure 4.

Girder M 1.41– box-marked site of sample collection from the girder along the fold for materials tests on the web strength
Girder M 1.41– box-marked site of sample collection from the girder along the fold for materials tests on the web strength

Figure 6.

Dimensions of flat samples: a) sample from 2 mm thick web; b) sample from 2.5 mm thick web; c) sample from 3 mm thick web mm
Dimensions of flat samples: a) sample from 2 mm thick web; b) sample from 2.5 mm thick web; c) sample from 3 mm thick web mm

Figure 5.

Waveform shape – place of sample cutting out, along the fold, of samples from corrugated web
Waveform shape – place of sample cutting out, along the fold, of samples from corrugated web

Figure 7.

View of an exemplary 2.5 mm thick sample cut out of WTB girder web
View of an exemplary 2.5 mm thick sample cut out of WTB girder web

Figure 8.

Graph F – ΔL of tension of 3 mm thick steel sample cut out of the web of M 2.42 girder
Graph F – ΔL of tension of 3 mm thick steel sample cut out of the web of M 2.42 girder

Figure 9.

Graph F – ΔL of tension of type 2 mm thick steel sample cut out of the web of M 1.32 girder
Graph F – ΔL of tension of type 2 mm thick steel sample cut out of the web of M 1.32 girder

Figure 10.

Normal distribution of yield strength Re for steel samples from corrugated webs cut out of girders: a) M 2.12 having the actual thickness of 2 mm; b) M 1.31 having the actual thickness of 2.6 mm
Normal distribution of yield strength Re for steel samples from corrugated webs cut out of girders: a) M 2.12 having the actual thickness of 2 mm; b) M 1.31 having the actual thickness of 2.6 mm

Figure 11.

Factors of yield strength γm compared with the minimum value guaranteed by the steel mill γm235 and by the manufacturer γm215
Factors of yield strength γm compared with the minimum value guaranteed by the steel mill γm235 and by the manufacturer γm215

Figure 12.

Normal distribution of yield strength in all examined steel samples cut out of corrugated webs
Normal distribution of yield strength in all examined steel samples cut out of corrugated webs

Program of investigations

Girder hw × tw [mm]End Stiffener [mm] L [mm]Girder [mm] hw × tw [mm]End Stiffener [mm] L [mm]
12345678
M 1.11500x2300x257825M 1.12500x2300x256000
M 1.211000x2.5300x257825M 1.221000x2300x256000
M 1.311000x2.5300x257825M 1.321000x2.5300x256000
M 1.411250x2300x257825M 1.421250x2300x256000
M 1.511500x2300x257825M 1.521500x2300x256000
M 2.11500x2.5300x255825M 2.12500x2300x253750
M 2.211000x2300x25+tee bar5825M 2.221000x2300x253750
M 2.311000x2.5300x25+tee bar5825M 2.321000x2,5300x253750
M 2.411000x3300x25+tee bar5825M 2.421000x3300x253750
M 2.511500x3300x25+tee bar5825M 2.521500x2300x253750

Steel yield strength that accounts for the impact of cold rolling acc_ (6) [18]:

web thickness 2 mmweb thickness 2.5 mmweb thickness 2 mm
Design yield strength f y [MPa]254.7259.6264.5

Parameters of normal distribution of geometric dimensions of steel samples from corrugated webs and of resistance obtained according to formulae (7) and (8)

Model b ¯ 0 a ¯ 0 S ¯ 0 D2 (A) D(A) V A D2 (N) D(N) V N
mmmmmm2
1234567889
Mean value for 2 mm samples2.019.9839.950.0300.1700.0040.0470.2170.018
Mean value for 2.5 mm samples2.5719.9251.181.1111.0540.0210.2090.4570.030
Mean value for 3 mm samples3.020.060.00.0000.0000.0000.4620.6800.029

Parameters of yield strength and tensile strength tests on web samples

Girder number b ¯ 0 a ¯ 0 S ¯ 0 L ¯ 0 L ¯ u A ¯ 10 F ¯ eH F ¯ m R ¯ e R ¯ m R ¯ e / R ¯ m
mmmmmm2 mmmm%kNkNMPaMPa
122456789121314
M 1.11 2.020.040.070.085.021.512.216.1304.4403.51.33
M 1.41 2.020.040.070.085.121.612.717.4317.8434.31.37
M 1.51 * 2.020.040.070.086.123.09.915.0247.2375.51.52
M 2.21 2.019.739.470.083.519.213.217.2334.3437.51.31
M 2.51 2.020.040.070.086.223.111.615.1289.3376.81.30
M 1.12 2.020.040.070.085.522.213.617.4334.7430.61.29
M 1.22 2.020.040.070.083.919.910.714.4312.5453.91.45
M 1.42 * 2.020.040.070.086.323.310.015.2267.2360.91.35
M 1.52 2.020.040.070.086.323.310.015.2299.1380.51.27
M 2.12 2.020.040.070.084.820.813.517.2337.9429.11.27
M 2.22 2.020.040.070.085.922.513.517.1336.3427.31.27
M 2.52 2.020.040.070.087.224.611.215.0281.0375.51.34
Mean value for 2 mm samples: 305.1 407.1 1.34
M 1.21 * 2.519.849.580.096.520.713.720.6275.9416.01.51
M 1.31 * 2.619.751.280.096.620.713.320.6260.4403.01.55
M 2.11 2.620.052.080.098.222.813.820.3266.2390.01.47
M 2.31 2.520.050.380.092.015.017.324.7340.8487.71.43
M 1.32 * 2.620.052.080.096.220.216.323.6339.4435.41.28
M 2.32 2.620.052.080.095.419.216.923.5324.6451.51.39
Mean value for ∼2.5mm samples: 301.2 430.6 1.44
M 2.41 3.020.060.090.0107.919.919.525.3325.5422.0422.0
M 2.42 3.020.060.090.0103.214.626.832.6445.9544.11.22
Mean value for 3 mm samples: 385.7 483.0 1.26
Mean value for all samples: 310.2 419.2 1.36

Parameters of normal distribution of yield strength Re of steel samples of corrugated webs

Girder numberE(R e) [Mpa] R ek [Mpa] D 2(R e ) D(R e ) f y [Mpa] V Re V Re235 V Re215 γ m γ m235 γ m215
123456789101112
M 1.11304.4299.1510.133.1826294.690.01050.13900.17911.01510.79740.7296
M 1.41317.8307.5738.766.2258298.850.01960.15890.19721.02920.78630.7194
M 1.51* 247.2243.126.042.4576239.680.00990.03010.07941.01440.98050.8970
M 2.21334.3321.4861.417.8365310.500.02340.18110.21761.03540.75680.6924
M 2.51289.3278.6442.396.5108269.530.02250.11440.15661.03380.87190.7977
M 1.12334.7328.3815.003.8730322.960.01160.18160.21811.01680.72760.6657
M 1.22339.4334.827.852.8018330.900.00830.18760.22351.01180.71020.6497
M 1.42* 267.2257.2136.786.0647248.720.02270.07350.11911.03410.94480.8644
M 1.52299.1291.9918.654.3186285.950.01440.13070.17141.02110.82180.7519
M 2.12337.9333.886.032.4556330.440.00730.18570.22181.01040.71120.6506
M 2.22336.3325.3344.916.7015315.950.01990.18370.21991.02970.74380.6805
M 2.52281273.1723.024.7979266.450.01710.09980.14321.02520.88200.8069
Average values 2 mm 307.4 299.6 25.91 5.0906 292.90 0.0166 0.1388 0.1789 1.0231 0.8112 0.7422
M 1.21* 275.9266.2634.655.8864258.020.02130.09040.13461.03190.91080.8333
M 1.31* 260.4250.7034.915.9085242.430.02270.05950.10631.03410.96940.8869
M 2.11266.2260.2813.133.6235255.210.01360.07150.11731.01990.92080.8424
M 2.31340.8326.0481.169.0089313.430.02640.18930.22511.04020.74980.6860
M 1.32* 312.5303.3330.955.5633295.540.01780.15120.19021.02640.79520.7275
M 2.32324.6310.4474.978.6585298.320.02670.16830.20591.04060.78770.7207
Average values 2.5 mm 296.7 286.2 44.96 6.7053 277.20 0.1217 0.1217 0.1632 1.0322 0.8556 0.7828
M 2.41325.5312.8659.117.6883302.090.02360.16950.20701.03570.77790.7117
M 2.42445.9422.88197.614.0570403.200.03150.18840.31571.04880.58280.5332
Average values 3 mm385.7367.9128.3611.3296352.700.02940.22900.26141.04220.68040.6225
Average values for all samples 312.0 302.4 41.87 6.4707 294.1 0.0207 0.1427 0.1825 1.0277 0.8237 0.7536
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/acee-2018-039 | Journal eISSN: 2720-6947 | Journal ISSN: 1899-0142
Language: English
Page range: 65 - 77
Submitted on: Sep 28, 2017
Accepted on: May 9, 2018
Published on: Apr 4, 2019
Published by: Silesian University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year

© 2019 Witold BASIŃSKI, Zbigniew KOWAL, published by Silesian University of Technology
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.