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Shear Strength Of Web-Tapered I-Shaped Members, Ryan Paul Studer
Shear Strength Of Web-Tapered I-Shaped Members, Ryan Paul Studer
Theses and Dissertations--Civil Engineering
Plate girders are fabricated in situations where standard structural shapes do not possess the required strength necessary to carry applied loads. In many instances, plate girders are tapered so that the resistance to bending is proportional to the bending moment, creating cost effective, aesthetically pleasing structures. The AISC 2010 Specifications accurately predict the flexural capacity of tapered plate girders but recent research has suggested that the required shear strength is overly conservative. The researchers postulate that the required shear strength is overly conservative due to an effect known as modified shear that has been neglected from the AISC 2010 Specifications …