
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Lateral-distortional buckling formulae for hollow tubular flange plate
girders with slender unstiffened webs
M.F. Hassanein
Department of Structural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt
N. Silvestre
Department of Civil Engineering, ICIST/IST, TU Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
ABSTRACT: In this paper, the lateral-distortional buckling (LDB) of hollow tubular flange plate girders
(HTFPGs) with slender unstiffened webs is investigated. Firstly, shell finite strip analyses