Prediction of Behaviour of Steel Plate Subjected to Shear
Muhammad Aslam Bhutto1, Abdul Aziz Ansari2, Noor Ahmed Memon3
1Muhammad Aslam Bhutto, Department of Civil Engineering, NED University of Engineering & Technology Karachi, Pakistan.
2Abdul Aziz Ansari, Department of Civil Engineering, Quaid-e-Awam University College of Engineering, Science & Technology Larkana, Pakistan.
3Noor Ahmed Memon, Department of Civil Engineering, Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science & Technology Nawabshah, Pakistan.
Manuscript received on September 28, 2013. | Revised Manuscript received on October 08, 2013. | Manuscript published on October 30, 2013. | PP: 129-132 | Volume-3, Issue-1, October 2013. | Retrieval Number: A2181103113/2013©BEIESP
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Abstract: Steel pate-girders are generally subjected to high shear and low bending moment. The flanges primarily resist the applied moment, while the web primarily resists the shear. A thin plate in shear is a simple representation of the dominant loading case in a slender web panel of the plate-girder and is a combination of the principal tensile and compressive in-plane stresses. The elastic and plastic behaviour of a simply supported steel plate can be predicted using the existing design theories. This paper presents the details and results of finite element analyses (FEA) carried out for a thin square steel plate subjected to pure shear. The objective is to predict the linear elastic and nonlinear plastic behaviour of the plate using the FE analyses and compare the results of the analyses to the theoretical predictions for validation. The FEA results for the elastic critical load and the ultimate plastic load of the plate were in very good agreement with the theoretical predictions. The FE analyses also predicted correctly the elastic buckling and the plastic failure modes of the plate.
Keywords: Finite element analyses, pure shear, shear buckling, steel plate, validation.