Zum Beultragverhalten längsausgesteifter Teilfelder mit endenden Längssteifen bei Normalspannungsbeanspruchung

Plate buckling capacity of longitudinally stiffened panels with ending stiffeners under normal stresses.

Longitudinally stiffened panels of plated or boxed girders generally have transverse stiffeners with sufficient stiffness out of plane, so that for plate buckling each panel can be treated independently. Due to varying stresses along the member also the position of longitudinal stiffeners changes. Therefore several panels have ending longitudinal stiffeners. In the old national and actual codes (DIN and Eurocode) this effect is only mentioned by the way, but the reduction of load bearing capacity due to ending longitudinal stiffeners is not quantified.
Therefore a numerical study was made dealing with the buckling capacity of longitudinally stiffened panels with and without ending stiffeners. The geometric and material nonlinear calculations with equivalent geometric imperfections were based on the new recommendations in the Eurocode EN 1993-1-5. After the presentation of the results of this study for representative panels, also a suggestion for the modification of the design model in the Eurocode for the buckling capacity rc of a panel is made, considering the effect of ending stiffeners.