
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Shear strengths of lipped channel beams with stiffened web openings
using numerical studies
P. Keerthan & M. Mahendran
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
ABSTRACT: This paper presents the details of numerical studies on the shear behaviour and strength of lipped
channel beams (LCBs) with stiffened web openings. Shear strengths of LCBs are considerably reduced when
web openings are included for the purpose of locating building services. Our research has shown that ...