Residual stresses effects on fatigue crack growth behavior of rib-to-deck double-sided welded joints in orthotropic steel decks

• Published in: Advances in structural engineering Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 35 - 50
• Main Authors: Chen, Fanghuai, Zhang, Haiping, Li, Zhaochao, Luo, Yuan, Xiao, Xinhui, Liu, Yang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2024
• Subjects: orthotropic steel deck; rib-to-deck; weld residual stress; fatigue crack; double-sided welded joints

Rib-to-deck (RTD) innovative double-sided welded joints have the potential to enhance the fatigue resistance of orthotropic steel decks (OSDs). However, welding residual stress (WRS) has been reported to be a contributing factor to fatigue cracking of steel bridges. This paper performed fatigue crac...