The Distribution of Bending Stresses on Ribs to the Steel Construction

Abstract

If a construction made of steel plates is used instead of a casting, many ribs must be welded to the body in order to reinforce the construction.
Such a case like this, it is necessary to check the influence of the stresses caused by the welding. However, only a few experiments or calculation were made on this subject and also, it was seldom that the reports available to refer. With the aim to contribute this study to facilities for designing of such a construction, the influence of the welded ribs on the static and impact bending stresses was studied by a simple body. This body was constructed by welding ribs on a steel plate having a rectangular section. The stress distribution was measured by a resistance strain gauge.