Flow chart: Design of a wind transverse girder

Flow chart: Design of a wind transverse girder

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Flow chart: Design of a wind transverse girder

The wind transverse girder is a horizontal bracing system which resists the wind action and
transfers the forces to the vertical bracing system. It also ensures the lateral restaint of the
rafters. The flowchart describes the design of a wind transverse girder at ULS for a common
single storey building and especially the way to account for the imperfections according to EN
1993-1-1 §5.3.3.

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Geometry of the portal

frames
Loads on the portal frame Calculation of the
internal forces and NEd, My,Ed
moments in the rafters

m : number of rafters
to restrain
Span length L
Calculate the
amplitude of the
e0
equivalent geometric
EN 1993-1-1 imperfection
§5.3.3 (1)

Calculate the
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distributed stabilization qd
EN 1993-1-1 load qd with q = 0
§5.3.3 (2)

Calculate the
Horizontal horizontal deflection q
q
external loads of the wind girder with
1st order theory

EN 1993-1-1 Calculate the

§5.3.3 (2) stabilization distributed qd
load qd with q ≠ 0
An iterative process
is generally not
necessary to
calculate q
Calculate the internal
Internal
External loads forces in the wind
forces
girder

The wind girder is usually

a statically determinate
EN 1993-1-1 Check all the
system. So the internal
§6.2 and §6.3 members of the wind
forces do not depend on
girder
the stiffness of the
members.

Are all the Change the

No
members OK ? design
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Yes

Bracing forces at
splices in compression
elements

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Flow chart: Design of a wind transverse girder

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Bracing forces at splices in compression elements

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The imperfection for splices in

compression members (EN 1993-1-1 §
5.3.3(4) and the imperfection for the Splices in
analysis of bracing systems EN 1993-1-1 compression No End
§ 5.3.3(1) are not to be considered members ?
together.

Yes

EN 1993-1-1 Calculate the equivalent forces

Equivalent
§5.3.3 (4) acting on the wind girder due
forces
to the imperfection

Calculate the internal

External loads forces in the wind Internal forces
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girder

EN 1993-1-1 Check all the

§6.2 and §6.3 members of the wind
girder

Are all the Change the

No
members OK ? design

Yes

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Flow chart: Design of a wind transverse girder

Flow chart: Design of a wind transverse girder

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Created by Alain Bureau CTICM 27/02/2006
Technical content checked by Yvan Galéa CTICM 28/02/2006
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following STEEL Partners:
1. UK G W Owens SCI 24/4/06
2. France A Bureau CTICM 24/4/06
3. Sweden B Uppfeldt SBI 24/4/06
4. Germany C Müller RWTH 24/4/06
5. Spain J Chica Labein 24/4/06
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