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Compound shell structure for a bridge

FROM:

J.P. Martins, F. Ljubinkovic, L. Simoes da Silva and H. Gervasio (ISISE, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Coimbra, Portugal),

“Behaviour of thin-walled curved steel plates under generalized in-plane stresses: A review”, Journal of Constructional Steel Research, Vol. 140, pp 191-207, January 2018, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcsr.2017.10.018

ABSTRACT: Cylindrically curved plates are increasingly used in steel construction. In particular, there is a clear trend for their use in box-girder steel bridges with curved bottom flanges. However, there is a gap in standards dealing accurately with these types of structural elements under several arrangements of loadings and boundary conditions. This paper provides a state-of-the-art on the stability behaviour and design of cylindrically curved panels under generalised in-plane loading. A detailed review of the behaviour of curved panels subject to uniaxial compressive stresses, circumferential stresses, shear stresses and combined in-plane compressive stresses is presented, followed by a comparison of the design provisions of DNV and DNVGL standards with FEM numerical results obtained by the authors.

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