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Numerical Simulation of Fatigue Performance of Diaphragm of Large-Span Bridge Orthotropic Deck
Complexity, 2018 Under traffic loads, orthotropic steel bridge slabs suffer from an obvious fatigue problem. In particular, fatigue cracking of diaphragms seriously affects application and development of orthotropic bridge slabs.
Hui Li, Bo Zhao, Han Zhu
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Effects of Stiffener Type on Fatigue Resistance of Steel-UHPC Composite Bridge Decks
Advances in Civil Engineering, 2022 Recent research showed that ultrahigh-performance concrete (UHPC) and orthotropic steel bridge decks could be integrated to form steel-UHPC composite sections offering superior load-carrying capacity and fatigue resistance.
Xiugui Sun +3 more
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Deformation and energy dissipation of steel box girders of cable-stayed bridges subjected to blast loadings [PDF]
Sustainable Structures, 2023 Steel box girders are widely used in cable-stayed bridges, while they are prone to severe damage under explosions. This paper investigates the deformation and energy dissipation of steel box girder of cable-stayed bridges under blast impact, caused by ...
Yu Zhu, Shaoyu Zhao, Yuye Zhang
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Applied Sciences, 2023 The steel–concrete composite structure is widely used in civil engineering for large-span bridges. Orthotropic steel bridge decks (OSDs) have particularly gained popularity due to their excellent mechanical performance. To address cracking issues in OSDs
Dingchao Wei +4 more
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Sensors, 2018 A lightweight composite bridge deck system composed of steel orthotropic deck stiffened with thin Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) layer has been proposed to eliminate fatigue cracks in orthotropic steel decks.
Banfu Yan +3 more
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Study on Bending Performance of Epoxy Adhesive Prefabricated UHPC-Steel Composite Bridge Deck
Advances in Civil Engineering, 2021 UHPC has high strength, high toughness, and excellent durability. For orthotropic steel bridge deck pavement, UHPC can significantly increase the bridge deck’s stiffness and then solve the problems of fatigue cracking and pavement damage of the bridge ...
Jinlong Jiang +5 more
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ProceedingsA method for detecting fatigue cracks in the welds between the U-ribs and deck plates on the orthotropic steel deck of a road bridge by temperature measurement using infrared thermography has been developed in Japan.
Hiroto Tamura +3 more
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Optimizing rib width to height and rib spacing to deck plate thickness ratios in orthotropic decks
Cogent Engineering, 2016 Orthotropic decks are composed of deck plate, ribs, and cross-beams and are frequently used in industry to span long distances, due to their light structures and load carrying capacities.
Abdullah Fettahoglu
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Fatigue Performance of Steel–UHPC Composite Bridge Deck System with Large Longitudinal Rib
Advances in Materials Science and Engineering, 2022 A critical problem in the development and application of orthotropic steel bridge decks (OSDs) is fatigue cracking, which is determined by the deck’s structural system, mechanical characteristics, load, and external environmental factors. The development
Yi Zhou +3 more
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Metals, 2020 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.
Datao Li, Chunguo Zhang, Pengmin Lu
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