Bending Resistance of a Slender Plate Girder with Longitudinal Stiffener

This paper presents an analysis regarding the bending resistance of a slender plate girder having a longitudinal stiffener in the compression zone of the web.The influence of the longitudinal stiffener rigidity on the bending resistance of a slender girder of Class 4 section is analyzed, starting from the hypothesis that the transversal stiffeners are infinitely rigid.