Quantifying Lateral Support of Steel Girders Directly Connected to Trapezoidal Sheeting
Flexural and lateral–torsional buckling (LTB) may govern the construction stage of steel and steel–concrete composite girders, when the compression flange is not yet restrained by composite action. Trapezoidal profiled steel sheeting, used as permanent formwork and often directly fastened to the top flange, can contrib...