The welding of steel generates substantial welding residual stress (WRS), which exerts a
significant impact on the fatigue life of steel bridges. In this study, a physical model for …

Fatigue cracking is a common drawback of orthotropic steel decks (OSDs), especially for
long-span steel bridge decks, and it is difficult to repair such decks effectively. This paper …

A cost-effective Lightweight Composite Bridge Deck (LCBD) system, including Orthotropic
Steel Deck (OSD) and lightweight Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) layer is …

Stochastic traffic flow, as a type of repeated load, can cause serious high-cycle fatigue
damage to bridges. In addition, the rough simulation of stochastic traffic flow and …

Steel-ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) composite deck emerges as a novel structure
that is promising to improve the fatigue performance of orthotropic steel deck (OSD) …

Cutouts are usually used in orthotropic steel decks (OSDs) of bridges and subject to
complex stresses under loads. This research performed experimental and theoretical …

Steel-ultrahigh performance concrete (UHPC) lightweight composite deck (LWCD) is a new
countermeasure against fatigue issues for orthotropic steel decks (OSDs). While fatigue …

Fatigue cracking and drilling on one side of component will weaken local stiffness and
cause stress redistribution to aggravate cracking on the opposite side. By conducting fatigue …

Traditionally, the fatigue damage assessment of steel bridges is conducted using cycle-
based methods. Cycle-based methods require stress time history be transformed to cycle …

In this study, a numerical analysis model was established, on basis of the traction structural
stress method, for fatigue failure mode prediction of orthotropic bridge deck (OBD) under …