Abstract: Final design of the replacement orthotropic deck panels for the rehabilitation of the Williamsburg Bridge in New York City was based on laboratory fatigue tests of a full-scale prototype and an as-built orthotropic deck ...

Abstract: It is estimated that nearly 90% of all fatigue cracking is the result of out-of-plane distortion or other unanticipated secondary stresses at fatigue-sensitive details. Neither design specifications nor evaluation ...

Abstract: The current (2004) fatigue design provisions in the 3rd Ed. of the AASHTO

Abstract: Available experimental data frorm more than 1,200 previous fatigue tests and some fatigue and fracture tests on full‐scale members are compiled and examined in conjunction with the details and measured live load stresses ...

Abstract: Corrosive exposure and subsequent deterioration of weathering steel structures cause strength loss due to cross-section thinning as well as crack susceptibility due to formation of notches that concentrate stresses. Key ...

Abstract: This paper presents an overview of materials selection, design, and detailing of steel girders for fatigue and fracture limit states. The historical context of the fracture control plan for bridges is presented. A discussion ...

Abstract: The propagation of long cracks under constant-amplitude cyclic loading is studied in complex welded box beams made of high-strength low-alloy steel. The 8 × 1 × 0.7 m box beams were designed to simulate the cellular structure ...