hogging moment

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hogging moment

(Mechanical Engineering) a bending moment that produces convex bending at the supports of a continuously supported beam. Also called: negative bending moment

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The web thickness has a stronger influence on these curves than the bottom flange one (on the initial stiffness and also on the max hogging moment).

where [M.sup.-(uncr).sub.Ed.Rd]--the hogging moment obtained by a virtual elastic calculation (using the same loading level [lambda]); [M.sup.-(num).sub.el.Rd]--the numerical hogging moment obtained for H-H cross-section; [M.sup.-.sub.1+2]--the hogging moment resulting only from the first and second loading steps corresponding respectively to the selfweight of the girder and the one of the concrete that is still wet (Guezouli, Aribert 2004; Guezouli 2007; Guezouli, Yabuki 2008).

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* The span and edge support moments varied between the sagging and hogging moments, and they were influenced by the two: Krs and series of soil.