10-11 Plate Girder

10-12 Web Plates and Intermediate Stiffeners

10-13 Rood Trusses
10-14 Welded Connections
Plate Girder is a beam made up of steel plates
and angles either riveted of welded together
forming a I-section.
Principles behind a built up plate are:

1. Web plate resist shearing stresses

2. The flange made up angles cover plates and

1/6 of the web area resist tension and
compression due to bending.

3. The stiffness prevent buckling of the web

plates.
10-12 WEB PLATES & INTERMEDIATE STIFFENERS

*CODE ON WEB PLATES*

*minimum thickness of web plates is 10 mm for interior and 6 mm

for exterior locations

*plate girder web thickness shall not be less than 1/320 of the
unsupported distance between the flange angles
 Open web steel joist- a lightweight
structure to support floor panel an
between main supports.

It is termed as a light weight steel truss consists of a

triangulated web system and parallel chords, proportioned
to span amid bearing points.
ROOF TRUSS MEMBER CONNECTIONS
 VARIOUS TYPES OF TRUSSES

King Post Truss Simple Fink Truss

Fink Truss
 VARIOUS TYPES OF TRUSSES

Howe Truss Pratt Truss

Fan Truss
 VARIOUS TYPES OF TRUSSES

*Single fink truss

*Clipped truss
*Rigid frame clear span
*Single span slope beam
*Continuous beam
*Rigid frame open-web clear span beam
Purlin – beam placed on top of the
rafters or top chord that extends from
truss to truss which carry and transfer the
roof load to the truss at the panel points.

Roof panel – refers to the roof portion

that lies between two adjacent joints of
the upper chord.

Sag rod – a steel bar usually 16 mm or

20 mm diameter rod attached at the
center or end points of the span of the
purlins
10-14
WELDED CONNECTIONS
 CLASSIFICATION OF WELDED JOINTS
1. Butt joint 2. Tee joint

3. Lap joint 4. Edge Joint

5. Corner Joint
Advantages

1. Minimal noise in the erection of structure

2. Big savings on labor and materials
3. Rigidity of frame
4. Easy to correct and repair old and new work
5. Simplicity of design
Arc Welding – most acceptable and preferred
connection for structural steel members

Penetration – term used to indicate the depth from the

original surface of the base metal to the point at
which fusion ceases

Shop Weld – term used when the structural members

are welded in a shop and delivered to the construction
site
Plug and Slot Weld
END