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    Stiffeners

    • In a plate girder, the web is often made very thin to derive maximum economy in
    weight. The webs, when they are inadequate to carry the load, are made strong and
    stable by the provision of a wide variety of stiffeners.

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    Significance of Stiffeners
    • Stiffeners are secondary plates or sections which are attached to beam webs or
    flanges to stiffen them against out of plane deformations.

    • Almost all main bridge beams will have


    stiffeners. However, most will only have
    transverse web stiffeners, i.e. vertical stiffeners
    attached to the web.
    • Deep beams sometimes also have longitudinal
    web stiffeners.
    • Flange stiffeners may be used on large span box
    girder bridges but are unlikely to be
    encountered elsewhere.
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    Stiffeners in Box girders
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    Types of Stiffeners
    There are two principal types of stiffener:

    •Longitudinal web stiffeners which are aligned in


    the span direction

    •Transverse stiffeners, which are aligned normal


    to the span direction of the beam.

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    Classification of Stiffeners based on the role
    they play in strengthening the web
    1. Bearing Stiffeners
    • The function of a bearing stiffener is to
    prevent any crushing of the web at
    locations of heavy concentrated loads.
    • Thus, bearing stiffeners transfer heavy
    reactions or concentrated loads to the full
    depth of the web.
    • They are placed in pairs on the web of
    plate girders at girder ends and where
    required for concentrated loads. 5
    2. Load Carrying Stiffeners
    A load carrying stiffener prevents local buckling of the web due to any
    concentrated load.

    3. Intermediate Transverse Web Stiffeners


    An intermediate transverse web stiffener mainly
    improves the buckling strength of the web due to
    shear. They continue to remain effective after the
    web buckles to provide anchorage for the tension
    field and finally they prevent the flanges from
    moving towards one another. They are also called
    as non-bearing stiffeners or stability stiffeners.

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    4. Torsional Stiffeners
    Torsional stiffeners are provided at supports to restrain the girders against
    torsional effects.

    5. Diagonal Stiffeners
    Local strengthening of the web under
    the combination of shear and bending
    is provided by diagonal stiffener.

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    6. Tension Stiffeners
    The tensile forces from the flange are transmitted to the web through the tension
    stiffener.

    7. Longitudinal Stiffeners
    A longitudinal stiffener increases the buckling resistance of the web. The same
    stiffener may perform more than one function and in such cases, their design
    should comply with the requirement of those functions.

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    Stiffeners sections

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    Why stiffeners are provided?
    Stiffeners have one or both of the following functions:

    • Controlling local buckling.

    • Connecting bracing or transverse beams.

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    Controlling local buckling
    Local buckling occurs when a cross section is slender enough for buckling to occur
    within the cross section, due to either compression or shear. The webs of bridge
    beams are usually vulnerable to local buckling, but flanges are usually much thicker
    and inherently more resistant to buckling.

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    Reason for longitudinal stiffeners

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    Connecting bracing or transverse beams

    • The easiest way to brace steel beams together is by fixing the bracing to transverse
    stiffeners. Thus, stiffener positions almost always coincide with bracing positions.

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