Fatigue Strength of Vertical Stiffener Joints in Steel Highway Bridges.

Accession number;99A0228783
Title;Fatigue Strength of Vertical Stiffener Joints in Steel Highway Bridges.
Author; SAKANO MASAHIRO (Kansai Univ., Fac. of Eng.) YONEMOTO EIICHI (Katayama stratech Corp.) KANO KEN'ICHI (Mitsui Eng. & Shipbuild. Co., Ltd.) MIKAMI ICHIZO (Kansai Univ., Fac. of Eng.)
Journal Title;Proceedings of JSCE (Japan Society of Civil Engineers)
Journal Code:F0028A
ISSN:0289-7806
VOL.;NO.612;PAGE.31-43(1999)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.21, TBL.4, REF.11
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;Long-term fatigue behavior of plate girder specimens with four types of vertical stiffener connections is investigated through fatigue tests under constant amplitude and highway bridge variable amplitude loadings. Fatigue cracks are initiated from fillet weld toe at the top and bottom ends of each stiffener and from blow holes contained in the web-to-flange lontigudinal weld. It is found that the fatigue failure life of all four connection details plotted against the maximum principal stress range satisfies JSSC fatigue category D. (author abst.)