Abstract
Recent studies have shown that the AISC 360 Specification substantially overpredicts the strength of certain built-up steel I-girders subjected to high moment gradient. These strength overpredictions have been attributed to various effects, including (1) the direct scaling of the uniform bending lateral-torsional buckling (LTB) strength curve by the elastically-derived moment gradient factor, Cb, without considering the yielding induced at the larger predicted strengths, (2) reduction in the elastic LTB strength due to web shear and corresponding elastic distortional buckling effects, (3) compression flange lateral bending due to amplification of the initial flange sweep, and (4) intensification of the compression flange lateral bending due to web distortion. This paper scrutinizes the impact of transverse stiffening on the elastic and inelastic LTB resistance of a suite of I-girders previously evaluated experimentally and numerically without transverse stiffening through full-nonlinear shell finite element analysis test simulations. The results provide further insight into the sources of the AISC Specification overpredictions and the practical aspects of adding transverse web stiffeners to increase the LTB strength.
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