EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF ULTIMATE SHEAR STRENGTH OF STEEL PLATE GIRDERS WITH CORRODED WEB PLATES

Abstract

 This paper is concerned with experimental tests on the ultimate shear strength of steel plate girders composed by corroded web plates with different corrosion patterns. The experimental investigation, performed through three points bending tests on the girder models with the full scale original forms of corroded web plates, have been carried out in order to asses the influence of different corrosion patterns on the strength. The influence on the shear buckling of the corrosion patterns is also discussed together with the failure patterns observed during tests.