Abstract: Monte Carlo simulation is used to investigate the relationship between the fatigue lives of short‐prestressing strand test specimens and strand stay cables. Cable lives are calculated using statistics determined from the ...

Abstract: A truck passing over a bridge induces loads which vary with time. To test the ability of available analytical techniques to estimate fatigue life under such loading, crack growth rate tests are conducted with eleven ...

Abstract: An experimental investigation was conducted to determine the susceptibility of grouted stay cables to bending fatigue damage. The results from twelve, bending fatigue tests are reported in this paper. Fretting of adjacent ...

Abstract: Light gauge metal sheeting is commonly used in the building and bridge industry for concrete formwork. The metal forms, if properly attached to the beam or girder, often behave like a shear diaphragm and restrain the lateral ...

Abstract: Finite-element buckling analyses of singly symmetric I-shaped girders subjected to transverse loading applied at different heights on the cross section were conducted. Single-curvature and reverse-curvature bending were ...

Abstract: A probabilistic approach is proposed to help select the most suitable nondestructive inspection (NDI) technique and associated optimal schedule for fracture-critical member/detail fatigue inspections on a specific steel ...

Abstract: Cross frames are critical structural elements in both straight and horizontally curved steel bridges. In order to properly size the brace for the strength and stiffness demands of the superstructure, an accurate model of ...

Abstract: Field tests conducted on a noncomposite steel girder bridge are described. Two separate 36.6 m (120 ft) units, each three-span continuous, were subjected to increasing static loads by means of a trailer and concrete barriers. ...