Although it is still common practice to use homogeneous steel girders (same yield strength
in the flanges and web), implementing hybrid configurations seems to be an excellent …

Slender webs in welded steel plate I-girders (often used for long spans or load transfer in
bridges and buildings) develop initial out-of-flatness imperfections as a result of fabrication …

Owing to the relative uncertainty of previous numerical and experimental studies on the
behavior of short and very short shear links, this article considers the overstrength factor of …

This paper relies on the finite element method to find the safe factor considering the
economical aspect to design members outside the short shear links with/without stiffeners …

In this work, a comprehensive parametric study, based on a robust finite element analysis
validated by existing experimental results, was conducted to investigate the effects of plate …

In this paper, the behaviour of hybrid steel beams having openings in the web has been
analytically studied. Hybrid beams are often used when the design requirement is not …

In this article, elastic shear buckling and ultimate shear strength of long steel plate girder
web panels subjected to pure shear loading are investigated at both ambient and elevated …

As of today, a decisive conclusion regarding the effect of flanges on the overstrength factor
of short I-shaped shear links is still lacking. Accordingly, to address this gap in knowledge …

Owing to the lack of an analytical research on the evaluation of mode change of web panels
in addition to the need for shear design curves of unstiffened plate girder web panels …

This paper presents a series of validated finite element (FE) models geared to parametrically
examine the effects of initial web out-of-flatness imperfections on the shear strength and …