>'l 'II I I.M.H8 FOR WKH 1'I.ATEti 



loaded flange to the web, by tramfi-rring the 

 loal direetly t.i the Web. 



(d) They are uwd i,, reduce to prqper amount the 



Ten*, on horizontal plane*, in the web 

 brought by lo< nt rated load*. 



(e) They help hold tin \\,-|, triir to .-lm|*- during man- 



ufactun* anl -n ! inn. 



According t. tli.ir principal function* thi-y Khould be 

 into two general rlaiwM, intermediate th/encrt, 

 which an- chirfly US.M| fr the pur|>o0efl of (a), (6) and (); 

 concentrated load sti/enera, for (c) and (d), although each 

 class jHTfonns all tin- functions of cour--. Inti-rmrdiaie 

 stitlcners act as a beam standing vertically to rci*t lateral 

 <lU|>lu(viiu>nt. They are generally inad<- of angles in paint 

 and riveted to the girder web as shown in Fii: Sa. The 



1 



1 !,. V, 



legs of the MitYening :i hirh are 



the 



the neutral a\i> of the pair and iherefow 

 be only lar: ;gh to receive the connecting riveU; 



a 3J" leg for J" rivet ami 3" leg for \" an- nough. 



The width I of the nutMamling 1 i- the principal 



