Abstract
The design of steel box girder bridges under unsymmetrically placed live loads involves consideration of intermediate diaphragms that are required to limit cross-sectional deformation and distortional normal stresses. In this paper, the required spacing and stiffness of such intermediate diaphragms are examined by performing a parametric study based on Beam Analogy. The results of the present parametric study yield a series of simplified design procedure that accounts for estimating diaphragm spacing and stiffness that are required to limit not only distortional stresses but also cross-sectional deformation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 169-172 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Doboku Gakkai Rombun-Hokokushu/Proceedings of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers |
| Issue number | 350 |
| Publication status | Published - 1984 Oct |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Engineering(all)