Plate yield lines
Plate yield lines
(OP)
I have a steel plate with an infinite length spanning a distance "b" with a concentrated load @ b/2. Is the yield line for this plate an ">I<" with the "I" running parallel to the supports? I am trying to establish an effective width other than assuming a 45 degree distribution (effective width = "b").





RE: Plate yield lines
RE: Plate yield lines
You are jumping the circular failure, or just a poligonal aproximation. The size of the failure could be smaller than the distance "b".