Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Effect of constraint in-plane displacement conditions for the unloaded
edges of stiffened flanges used in steel box girder bridges
P.S. Ferreira
Polytechnic Institute of Setubal, Escola Superior de Tecnologia do Barreiro and ICIST,
Setubal, Portugal
F. Virtuoso
Technical University of Lisbon, Instituto Superior Técnico, DECivil-ICIST,
Lisbon, Portugal
ABSTRACT: This paper presents a computational semi-analytical model for the post-buckling analysis and
ultimate strength prediction of stiffened plates under longitudinal uniform compression. The possibility of
considering fully free in-plane displacements ...