Examples of Finite Element Models of Steel Bridges - Finite Element Analysis and Design of Steel and Steel-Concrete Composite Bridges - page 587

Figure 6.23 Stress (von Mises) contours at failure of the full-scale built-up I-section plate
girder T3.

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Figure 6.24 Comparison of load-midspan deflection relationships obtained
experimentally and numerically for the full-scale plate girder T3.

double-track open-timber floor plate girder railway steel bridge. The SS
double-track bridge is similar to that presented in Chapter 1 (see
Figure 1.20) having a length of 30 m between supports and an overall length
of 31 m. The bridge was designed by the author in Chapter 4 (see
Section 4.2) adopting the design rules specified in EC3 [1.27]. In Figure 6.25 ,
the general layout of the bridge and the bridge components comprising
main plate girders, cross girders, stringers, bracing members, stiffeners,