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Investigation on behaviour of horizontally spliced ceiling girders employed in boiler structures

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The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of a horizontal web splice on a power plant ceiling girder (CG) with transverse stiffeners. Case study is conducted through two ceiling girders, viz. (1) a girder made of steel having a yield stress of 410 MPa in the flanges and end stiffeners and 250 MPa at the web and intermediate stiffeners, and (2) a girder made of steel having a yield stress of 350 MPa in flanges and end stiffeners and 250 MPa in the web and intermediate stiffeners. The design of horizontal splice is done by considering the horizontal shear at splice location, compressive force in splice flange, and various failure criteria of connectors and other elements. Design methodology followed in IS 11384: 1985, Code of practice for composite construction in structural steel and concrete, Bureau of Indian Standards Manak Bhavan New Delhi, India, 1985 and IRC 22: 2008, Standard specifications and code of practice for road bridges, section VI: composite construction (Limit State Design). (Third Revision), Indian Roads Congress, New Delhi, 2008 for composite construction is applied for the design of horizontal splice (stiffeners), which nearly provides the same design results. “Average Shear Force Method” is employed in the design of horizontal splice in CGs. Non-linear finite-element analysis was carried to identify the optimum location of the horizontal splice using the commercial general purposed finite-element analysis tool ABAQUS®. Three different locations of horizontal splice such as 0.3dw, 0.4dw and 0.5dw from top were considered in the analysis. Based on the numerical results, it is concluded that the horizontal splice provided at 0.5dw significantly enhances the ultimate load-carrying capacity, ductility and bending stiffness of the girder.

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Abbreviations

Τ:

Complementary shear stress

A:

Area above the CoG

y :

Distance of the centre of gravity of the area above the CoG

f yf :

Flange yield strength

f yw :

Web yield strength

b f :

Width of the flange

t f :

Thickness of the flange

t w :

Thickness of the web

d w :

Depth of the web

CoG:

Centre of gravity

p–δ:

Load versus deflection

DL:

Dead load

LL:

Live load

CL:

Ceiling load

PG:

Plate girders

CG:

Ceiling girders

ECG:

Existing ceiling girder

PCG:

Proposed ceiling girder

ECG1:

Existing ceiling girder spliced at 0.3dw

ECG2:

Existing ceiling girder spliced at 0.4dw

ECG3:

Existing ceiling girder spliced at 0.5dw

PCG1:

Proposed ceiling girder at 0.3dw

PCG2:

Proposed ceiling girder at 0.4dw

PCG3:

Proposed ceiling girder at 0.5dw

AASHTO:

American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

BHEL:

Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited

LRFD:

Load and resistance factored design

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, 620015, India

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Harikrishna, T., Thomas, A.C. & Baskar, K. Investigation on behaviour of horizontally spliced ceiling girders employed in boiler structures. Asian J Civ Eng 24, 2215–2228 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42107-023-00636-y

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