EFFECT OF CORROSION ON CRACK DEVELOPMENT AND FATIGUE LIFE

Fatigue and fracture as well as loss of section caused by corrosion are time-dependent performance characteristics that have the potential to jeopardize the integrity of bridge structures. During the past 25 years these conditions have developed in a number of bridges, resulting in loss of service, costly repairs, and concern about the safety of these structures. A review of the experience with such time-dependent damage since 1970 is presented. The experience is grouped into three categories: fatigue cracking resulting from changes in structural behavior as a result of corrosion, fatigue cracking resulting from development of corrosion notches in members, and stress corrosion of high-strength steel and weld metal. The examples cited illustrate the role of corrosion phenomena in bridge service and the need to control the corrosion conditions on bridge structures.

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  https://doi.org/10.3141/1624-13
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1624, Structural Analysis and Design: Bridges, Culverts, and Pipes.
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• Authors:
  • Fisher, J W
  • Kaufmann, E J
  • Pense, A W
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References;
• Pagination: p. 110-117
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1624
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Corrosion; Cracking; Fatigue (Mechanics); High strength steel; History; Pitting; Stress corrosion; Structural analysis; Structural mechanics; Weld metal
• Uncontrolled Terms: Bridge structures; Fatigue life; Structural behavior
• Old TRIS Terms: Corrosion cracking; Corrosion fatigue; Corrosion notches
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; History; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00756078
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309064694
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Nov 3 1998 12:00AM