REPORT

TITLE
FILE

Plate Girder Design

Sample Design for Shear
shear_design.xls

SECTION
DATE
TIME

4.0
12/31/2012
12:27 AM

COMPUTATION OF SHEAR RESISTANCE

REFERENCE

INPUT
Performance Factor
Web Height
Web Thickness
Flange Width
Flange Thickness
Material Yield Strength
Factored Moment
Stiffeners
Trans. Stiffener Spacing

Phi
h
w
b
t
Fy
Mf
stiffeners
a

=
=
=
=
=
=
=
= (No stiffeners = 0; Stiffeners =1)
=

Sl_w
Aw
Af
d

=
=
=
=

0.90
1200.00
14.00
540.00
20.00
350.00
3000.00
1.00
1500.00

[mm]
[mm]
[mm]
[mm]
[Mpa]
[kN*m]
[mm]

OUTPUT
Web Slenderness
Web Area
Flange Area
Overall Girder Depth

Calculation of Shear Stress Resistance:

Shear Buckling Coefficient
kv
Ultimate Shear Stress (Fs)
Shear Stress (a)
Shear Yielding
Fs_a
Shear Stress (b)
Inelastic Buckling
Fs_b
Shear Stress (c)
Tension Field
Fs_c
Shear Stress (d)
Elastic Buckling
Fs_d
K Factor
KF

h/w
h*w
b*t
h + 2*t

=
=
=
=

= IF(stiffeners = 0,5.34,IF(a/h < 1,4 + (5.34/(a/h)^2),5.34 + 4/ (a/h)^2))=

85.71
16800.00 [mm^2]
10800.00 [mm^2]
1240.00 [mm]

7.90

$13.4.1.1

= 0.66 * Fy

231.00 [Mpa]

$13.4.1.1(a)

177.91 [Mpa]

$13.4.1.1(b)

190.98 [Mpa]

$13.4.1.1(c)

=
=

198.16 [Mpa]
0.15

$13.4.1.1(d)

190.98 [Mpa]

$13.4.1.1 (a-d)

2888 [kN]

Shear Stress

Fs

= 290 * (((Fy * kv)^.5)/(h / w))

IF(stiffeners = 0, Fs_b, Fs_b + (0.5 * Fy = 0.866*Fs_b)*(1/(1+(a/h)^2)^0.5))
IF(stiffeners = 0, 180000* kv / (h/w)^2, 180000* kv / (h/w)^2 + (0.5
= * Fy - 0.866*(180000* kv / (h/w)^2))*(1/(1+(a/h)^2)^0.5))
= (kv/Fy)^0.5
IF(Sl_w<=439*KF,Fs_a,IF(Sl_w<=502*KF,Fs_b,IF(Sl_w<=621*KF,
= Fs_c,Fs_d)))

SHEAR RESISTANCE

Vr

= Phi * Aw * Fs / 1000

$13.4.1.1