Shear Lag and Local Buckling Interaction in Orthotropic Deck of Steel Bridges

Abstract

The term of shear lag is related to the discrepancies between the approximate theory of the bending of beams and their real behaviour, and it refers to the increases of the bending stresses near the flange-to-web junctions, and the corresponding decreases in the flange stresses away from these junctions.

Keywords

• shear lag
• steel bridges
• orthotropic deck
• eurocodes en1993-1-5 and en 1993-2