Plate girder: Practical design studies

Total design loading on the beam = 1.5 × 120 + 1.35 × (5) = 186.75 kN/m

15.2 MAXIMUM BENDING MOMENT ACTING ON THE PLATE GIRDER

MEd = × = × × =Design loads / /L 8 186 75 21 5 21 5 8 10 79( . . ) . , 0 648

10 79 109 .