Abstract: Curvature greatly complicates the behavior of curved plate girders used in bridges. The out-of-plane “bulging” displacement of the curved web results in an increase in stress, which must be considered in the design of plate ...

Abstract: Two previous papers by the writers described the buckling and finite-displacement behavior of curved I-girder web panels subjected to pure bending, presented a theoretically pure analytical model, and presented equations ...

Abstract: Curvature greatly complicates the behavior of curved plate girders used in bridges. The out-of-plane “bulging” displacement of the curved web results in an increase in stress, which must be considered in the design of plate ...

Abstract: Two previous papers by the writers described the buckling and finite-displacement behavior of curved I-girder web panels without longitudinal stiffeners subjected to pure bending, presented a theoretically pure analytical ...