Horizontal stiffener in a plate girder is provided to safeguard against
A. Shear buckling of web plate
B. Compression buckling of web plate
C. Yielding
D. All of the above
Answer: Option B
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Int vertical stiffener is to support buckling of web so for buckling of plate we use hor stiffeners