SHEAR-STRENGTH OF TAPERED ALUMINUM PLATE GIRDERS

Authors
ROBERTS TM NEWARK ACB
Citation
Tm. Roberts et Acb. Newark, SHEAR-STRENGTH OF TAPERED ALUMINUM PLATE GIRDERS, Thin-walled structures, 29(1-4), 1997, pp. 47-58
Citations number
9
Journal title
Thin-walled structures → ACNP
ISSN journal
02638231
Volume
29
Issue
1-4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
47 - 58
Database
ISI
SICI code
0263-8231(1997)29:1-4<47:SOTAPG>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
An experimental and theoretical investigation of the ultimate shear re sistance of tapered aluminium girders is described. Failure of all the test girders occurred suddenly and catastrophically, with little warn ing, due to rupture of the welded web-flange boundary around the upper tension diagonal corner of the rest panel. A simple analytical soluti on has been developed for predicting the ultimate shear resistance of such panels, which takes account of the reduced yield strength of the heat-affected weld zone and shows satisfactory correlation with the te st results. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.