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Plate girder is an economical choice for long spans construction. I-section steel plate girder typically has a deep web to maximize its shear capacity and flange separation, yet thin web to minimize the self-weight. Due to its large height-to-thickness (h/t_w) ratio, transverse stiffeners may be required to stiffen the slender web.

Understanding steel connection rigidity is crucial in structural design. Often, connections are treated as strictly pinned or rigid, but this can lead to uneconomical or even dangerous designs. Explore how Dlubal Software's RFEM and Steel Joints add-on help verify connection stiffness and moment resistance, ensuring safer and more economical designs.

In this article, you will learn how to model and design cable structures in RFEM 6 or RSTAB 9.

In the Navigator – Results, you can select the design situations for which you want to display the add-on results graphically.

For design objects, you can optionally display sags or extreme results.

You can add dynamic shadows in the rendering mode. In the shortcut menu, you can use sliders to change the main light position.