What is the rib of steel structure?
Strip reinforcement for ensuring local stability of member and transfer of force.Action: a: forces the transverse force on the beam to the web of the beam to make it the shear of the beam;B: passes the shear of the web beam to the support of the beam.What the upstairs says is: support stiffener
Is in the beam web on both sides of configuration, perpendicular and beam flange and web (most so, some web and not vertical) two plates, there are unilateral configurations, but rarely, at the ends of the beam can be used in a sealed.
A strip reinforcement provided at a support or at a concentrated load to ensure local stability of the member and transfer of concentrated force