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Gordo, J.M. and Guedes Soares, C. (2008), “Experimental Evaluation of the Behaviour of a Mild Steel Box Girder under Bending Moment”, Ships and Offshore Structures, Vol. 3, Issue 4, pp. 347-358

An experimental study is presented of a box girder made of mild steel subjected to pure bending moment. The moment curvature curves are presented allowing for the analysis of elastic-plastic behavior until collapse, the evaluation of the ultimate bending moment and post collapse behavior. The residual stress relief during loading and unloading path is also analyzed. The results are compared with a test on a similar box girder made of very high tensile steel. The effects of residual stresses on the behavior of the box girder are analyzed using a progressive collapse method for structures under longitudinal bending moment.

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