Influence of the Holes Spacing in Bolted Connections on Propagation of Fatigue Cracks in Steel Bridge Girders

The analysis of the development of fatigue cracks conducted using a computer program requires a simple two-dimensional (2D) surface model to be applied. The paper presents an example of creating four calculation models of a steel girder, two of which have been implemented in FRANC2D software. A 400 mm-high and 5.60 m-long steel I-beam was studied. Analysis of the development of fatigue cracks around the I-beam fastener holes was conducted for two selected computation models. What has been obtained as the result of the analysis was an answer to the question about the influence of the location of fastener holes on the propagation rate of hypothetical fatigue cracks. This answer was obtained indirectly, i.e. through the analysis of the value of stress intensity factor K.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s12205-016-0566-6
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © Korean Society of Civil Engineers and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2017.
• Authors:
  • Duchaczek, Artur
  • Mańko, Zbigniew
• Publication Date: 2017-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 838-850
• Serial:
  • KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering
  • Volume: 21
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Korean Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 1226-7988
  • EISSN: 1976-3808
  • Serial URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/12205

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Fasteners; Fatigue cracking; Finite element method; Girder bridges; Holes; Steel bridges; Structural analysis
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01630722
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 28 2017 5:08PM