Construction of an Algorithm for the Selection of Rigid Stops in Steel-Concrete Beams Under the Action of a Distributed Load

An algorithm has been developed to select rigid stops in steel-concrete beams under the action of distributed load. Concrete is connected rigidly to a steel sheet in order to perform the joint operation of the concrete and steel sheet. Such a connection in the beam is provided by rigid stops that prevent shifting efforts in the concrete and steel contact area. The efforts are determined through the turning angles between the two adjacent sections of the beam. A graph-analytical method for determining movements is used to determine the turning angles. In determining the deformations of a steel-concrete beam, the calculation is based on the reduced rigidities of cross-sections. The purpose of this study is to optimize the structure of a steel-concrete beam by selecting the rational number and arrangement of rigid stops. This optimization would allow a more rational utilization of the structure's material ‒ concrete and steel. That would reduce the cost of operations and the quantity of materials required in the production, installation, and operation of the considered structures. An earlier proposed algorithm for the selection of rigid stops in steel-concrete beams under the action of a concentrated force has been expanded for the case of an evenly distributed load. When selecting the number of rigid stops, it is assumed that the magnitude of the distributed load acting on a beam, the mechanical characteristics of materials (steel and concrete), as well as the span of the beam and the size of its cross-section, are kNown. In contrast to the beams with a concentrated force in the middle, where the forces abide by a linear law, in the beams with an evenly distributed load the efforts in a steel strip change in line with a square parabola. Therefore, while the same step has been obtained for stops, it is not possible to achieve a situation at which efforts in all stops have the same value