Out-of-Plane Deformation Analysis of the Thin-Walled Closed Curved Box Girder under the Temperature Gradient

For calculating the thin-walled closed curved box girder caused by the temperature gradient of the internal force and displacement, based on the fundamental differential equation of the curve beam and the principle of minimum energy, set a reverse statically indeterminate simply supported curve beam as the basic structure, consider the warping effect of the closed curve box girder, and put forward a kind of plane curve beam temperature deformation simple analytical calculation method. Compared with the finite element calculation results, the relative error of the analytical calculation results is less than 5%. It is concluded that the analytical method has sufficient accuracy in calculating the out-of-plane deformation of the thin-walled closed curved box girder under the temperature gradient.

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