Shear Behavior of Corrugated Web Bridge Girders

Flexural behavior of prestressed composite beams with corrugated web: Part I. Development and analysis

“…The steel beam with corrugated web had been applied to structures in Europe as early as 1960s [1], and then was also applied to bridge constructions in Japan as well as Europe in the 1980s [19] and recently in the USA [20]. The flexural members with corrugated web have many advantages in addition to the aforementioned.…”

“…Also, in large buildings, there is an increasing demand for horizontal members that realize not only longer span, but also story height reduction. Although steel structures can generally offer high strength, large members used in the construction of steel structures may cause buckling instability, excessive deflection, vibration, deterioration of fatigue strength, and the need for excessive stiffeners due to the high width-to-thickness ratio [1]. In reinforced concrete structures whose span is greater than 8 m, they may have problems such as excessive cracking and deflection, making it difficult to achieve long spans while at the same time reducing story height [2].…”

Combined shear and patch loading of girders with corrugated webs

“…Research in this topic was started by Easley and McFarland [9] in 1969, they proposed a global shear buckling equation for corrugated webs by treating the corrugated web as an orthotropic flat web. Experimental investigations were completed by Elgaaly et al [10], Yamazaki [11], Bergfelt et al [12], Driver et al [13], Scheer [14], and Moon et al [15] focusing on the determination of the shear buckling resistance of corrugated web girders. Numerical investigations were executed by Lou and Edlund in [16] and by Jongwon et al [17] where the different geometric parameters (web depth (h w ), span (L), web thickness (t w ), corrugation depth (a 3 ), corrugation angle (α) and the fold length (a 1 and a 2 ) were analyzed.…”

Structural Performance of Prestressed Composite Members with Corrugated Webs Exposed to Fire

“…Figure fact, the market demand on the prestressed composite members with corrugated webs has been growing as reported in literatures [6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. According to Ibrahim [13] and Driver et al [14], their future application potential is very positive as the evolution of corrugated webbed composite members is still undergoing.…”