Resistance of I-girders to concentrated loads

This paper presents the results from an experimental investigation including tests with welded girders and rolled beams subjected to three different cases of concentrated loads applied to the girder flanges. The welded girders were made from a high strength, quenched and tempered steel, while the rolled beams were of an ordinary steel grade. The results from the experimental investigation presented herein have been added to test results taken from the literature and used for a formulation of a design procedure for the resistance to concentrated loads. The suggested design procedure is unified for the three different load applications and also harmonized with the design procedures normally used for describing buckling problems in the steel codes. The design procedure is a further development of the design procedure for patch loading suggested in B. Johansson & O. Lagerqvist [J. Construct. Steel Res., 32 (1995) 69-105] and has in a simplified form been suggested for use in Eurocode 3 Part 2 (Bridges), as well as in Eurocode 9. Copyright (C) 1996 ELsevier Science Ltd.