Stress Distribution in the Equivalent Width of Flanges of Wide, Thin-wall Steel Beams

Download or read book Stress Distribution in the Equivalent Width of Flanges of Wide, Thin-wall Steel Beams written by George Winter and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The use of different forms of wide-flange, thin-wall steel beams is becoming increasingly widespread. Part of the information necessary for a rational design of such members is the knowledge of the stress distribution in the equivalent width of the flanges of such beams. This problem is analyzed in this paper on the basis of the theory of plane stress. As a result, tables and curves are given from which the equivalent width of any given beam can be read directly for use in practical design. An investigation is given of the limitations of this analysis due to the fact that extremely wide and thin flanges tend to curve out of their plane toward the neutral axis. A summary of test data confirms very satisfactorily the analytical results.