Revolutionizing Steel Girder Design for Cost-effective Structural Solutions.
The article discusses how to design steel girders in the most cost-effective way. The researchers focused on stiffened hybrid girders but also considered other types. They found that by ranking choices based on cost and weight, an optimized girder can be selected. This method also helps determine the feasibility of using web stiffeners. The goal is to define the girder's geometry by optimizing its depth.