Hot spot stress approach for Tsing Ma Bridge fatigue evaluation under traffic using finite element method

Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 261-279

  Chan, T H T ^a   Zhou, T Q ^b   Li, Z X ^b   Guo, L ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fatigue life evaluation; Finite element method; Hot spot stress; Long suspension bridge; Traffic loading

Indexed keywords

CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

FATIGUE LIFE EVALUATION; HOT SPOT STRESS; LONG SUSPENSION BRIDGES; TRAFFIC LOADING;

SUSPENSION BRIDGES;

EID: 14944375909     PISSN: 12254568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sem.2005.19.3.261     Document Type: Article

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