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Steel and Composite Structures
  Volume 38, Number 3, February10 2021 , pages 271-280
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/scs.2021.38.3.271
 


Fatigue property analysis of U rib-to-crossbeam connections under heavy traffic vehicle load considering in-plane shear stress
Haibo Yang, Hongliang Qian and Ping Wang

 
Abstract
    In this study, the fatigue property of U rib-to-crossbeam connections in orthotropic steel bridge (OSB) crossbeams under heavy traffic vehicle load was investigated considering the effects of in-plane shear stress. The applicability of an improved structural stress (ISS) method was validated for the fatigue behavior analysis of nonwelded arc-shaped cutout regions in multiaxial stress states. Various types of fatigue testing specimens were compared for investigating the equivalent structural stress, fatigue crack initiation positions, and failure modes with the unified standards. Furthermore, the implications of OSB crossbeams and specified loading cases are discussed with respect to the improved method. The ISS method is proven to be applicable for analyzing the fatigue property of nonwelded arc-shaped cutout regions in OSB crossbeams. The used method is essential for gaining a reliable prediction of the most likely failure modes under a specific heavy traffic vehicle load. The evaluated results using the used method are proven to be accurate with a slighter standard deviation. We obtained the trend of equivalent structural stress in arc-shaped cutout regions and validated the crack initiation positions and propagation directions by comparing them with the fatigue testing results. The implications of crossbeam spans on fatigue property are less significant than the effects of crossbeams.
 
Key Words
    orthotropic steel bridges; heavy traffic vehicle load; in-plane shear structural stress; improved structural stress
 
Address
Haibo Yang and Hongliang Qian: School of civil engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, 150000
Ping Wang: School of Ocean Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology at Weihai, Weihai, China, 264200
 

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