Computer · Design of Steel Structures
In plate girders, vertical stiffeners and horizontal stiffeners are primarily used to:
- 1Prevent web crippling at support locations
- 2Prevent web buckling due to shear or bending stress✓
- 3Decrease the overall deflection of the girder
- 4Prevent yielding of flanges
Correct answer
Prevent web buckling due to shear or bending stress
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