Abstract: Economical heat‐straightening operations on damaged elements in heavy steel construction require the accurate estimation of the number of heat applications necessary to effect a given repair. An experimental program to ...

Abstract: Addressing the need to estimate the number of vec heat applications required to repair a specified degree of damage in heat‐straightening operations, an experimental program using steel flat plates under controlled conditions ...

Abstract: Various forms of heat straightening have been used by fabricators and erectors for many years. However, it has only been in the last 15 years that heat-straightening procedures have begun to be quantified in engineering ...

Abstract: The use of heat straightening to repair damaged steel structures has gained popularity in recent years. However, applications have been limited due to concerns related to degradation of material properties after repair. ...

Abstract: The process of heat straightening damaged rolled shapes is based on a logical extension of the straightening of plates. When damaged, some plate elements are bent about their strong axis, some about their weak axis, and ...

Abstract: The fundamental element of any structural steel shape is the flat plate. Damage to bridge structures consists of these plate elements, in combination, bent about their strong and/or weak axes. The purpose of this paper is ...