Fatigue verification of orthotropic bridge decks with the hot‐spot method – Background to TS 1993‐1‐901

Delft University of Technology Fatigue Assessment of Full-Scale Retrofitted Orthotropic Bridge Decks

Fatigue Reliability Assessment of Orthotropic Steel Bridge Decks Based on Probabilistic Multi-scale Finite Element Analysis

The orthotropic steel deck (OSD) has been utilized successfully for thousands of bridges worldwide; however, fatigue cracking of the OSD has been observed frequently due to the complicated welded details combined with stresses that can be difficult to quantify, and the uncertainties in fatigue damage accumulation. In this paper, a fatigue reliability assessment method is proposed based on a com...

Fatigue Reliability Assessment for Orthotropic Steel Decks Based on Long-Term Strain Monitoring

A time-dependent fatigue reliability assessment approach is proposed for welded details of orthotropic steel decks (OSDs) using long-term strain monitoring data. The fatigue reliability limit function of the welded details is established based on the Eurocode specifications. Depending on the distribution characteristics of the measured daily equivalent stress range, either the lognormal distrib...

A computer code for finite element analysis and design of post-tensioned voided slab bridge decks with orthotropic behaviour

Article history: Received 22 December 2008 Received in revised form 15 October 2009 Accepted 30 April 2010 Available online 8 June 2010

Control of Cracking in Bridge Decks: Observations from the Field

Crack surveys of bridge decks, performed over a 10-year period in northeast Kansas as part of three studies, provide strong guidance in identifying the parameters that control cracking in these structures. The surveys involve steel girder bridges—bridges that are generally agreed to exhibit the greatest amount of cracking in the concrete decks. The surveys include monolithic decks and decks wit...