orthotropic steel bridge deck
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2022 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. e00836
Author(s):  
Viet Hai Hoang ◽  
Quang Tuan Nguyen ◽  
Anh Tuan Tran ◽  
Thi Cam Ha Tran ◽  
Tu Anh Do

Metals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Datao Li ◽  
Chunguo Zhang ◽  
Pengmin Lu

By means of finite element modeling (FEM) and fatigue experiments, we study the fatigue performance of the rounded welding region between the diaphragm plate and closed rib of orthotropic steel bridge deck in this work. A local sub-model of the rounded welding region from the orthotropic steel bridge deck was developed to analyze the stress distributions. Based on the analysis results we designed the fatigue specimen for the fatigue test of this detailed structure. The fatigue experimental results revealed that the crack initiates from the weld toe of the rounded welding region and the stress concentration at the rounded welding region is the main mechanism of fatigue crack initiation. In addition, we propose three improvements to reduce the stress concentration of the rounded welding region, and the local structure optimization scheme of the diaphragm–rib weld can effectively improve the fatigue resistance of the detailed weld structure.


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