Fatigue life estimation of steel girder of Yangpu cable-stayed bridge due to buffeting

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 383-400

  Gu, M ^a   Xu, Y L ^b   Chen, L Z ^a   Xiang, H F ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Buffeting; Fatigue life estimation; Long span bridge; Mixed frequency time domain; Rainflow count method; Steel girder

Indexed keywords

CABLE STAYED BRIDGES; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WIND EFFECTS;

LONG SPAN BRIDGES; MINER LAW; RAINFLOW COUNT METHOD; RANDOM VIBRATION THEORY; STRESS CYCLE DISTRIBUTION;

BUFFETING;

BUFFETING; CABLE STAYED GIRDER BRIDGE; FATIGUE LIFE ANALYSIS; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 0033121028     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6105(98)00209-8     Document Type: Article

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