Prediction Of Fatigue Life Of Membranes On Orthotropic Steel Bridge Decks

Paris’ law is a well-known and widely used method for predicting fatigue crack growth in engineering materials. In this research a modified version of the Paris law is used in an attempt to predict the fatigue life of membrane products in adhesively bonded structures. The research is based on experimental work conducted using the Membrane Adhesion Tester apparatus (MAT), introduced in authors’ earlier work. The experimental results from various membrane products bonded to different substrates were validated and compared accordingly. The concept of the energy release rate is presented and implemented in this paper, the background theory of MAT and a numerical method based on real traffic data obtained from Merwede bridge, located at A27 in the Netherlands, are introduced in order to predict the fatigue life of membrane materials used in a multilayer system for orthotropic steel deck bridges (OSDB).

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was sponsored by TRB committee AHD37 Bridge Preservation.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

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• Authors:
  • Tzimiris, G
  • Liu, X
  • Li, Jian
  • 0000-0003-3439-7539
  • Scarpas, A
  • Kumar, A
• Conference:
  • Transportation Research Board 94th Annual Meeting
  • Location: Washington DC, United States
  • Date: 2015-1-11 to 2015-1-15
• Date: 2015

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 14p
• Monograph Title: TRB 94th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adhesion; Bond strength (Materials); Bridge decks; Fatigue cracking; Impervious membranes; Orthotropic plates; Steel bridges
• Geographic Terms: Netherlands
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Materials; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I35: Miscellaneous Materials;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01555674
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: 15-3860
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 27 2015 10:05AM