Dear all,
For a steel box girder (built up plate section) what would be the easiest way to calculate the section properties and do a bending and shear check for preliminary design and sizing purposes. I appreciate this is straightforward to do in a software at detail design stage but how would...
Thank you for your response that’s very helpful. Yes I agree that more torsional rigidity needs to be provided. I have definitely seen decks cantilevered this way before but the span was much short only about 0.5m or so but cantilevered from the top flange
I am currently practicing for my IStructE exam but I am struggling with the past paper (July 2024) and was wondering if any experienced bridge engineers could point me in the right direction.
The brief asks for a bridge with two decks staggered at different heights...
