Fatigue crack growth behavior of cables and steel wires for the cable-stayed portion of Runyang bridge: Disproportionate loosening and/or tightening of cables

Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-25

  Sih, G C ^a,b   Tang, X S ^c   Li, Z X ^d   Li, A Q ^d   Tang, K K ^d  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Lehigh University   (United States)

^c CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cable tension; Energy density; Fatigue crack growth; Local and global failure; Mean stress and stress amplitude; Micro and macro crack; Steel wire; Tightening and loosening; Traffic loading

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE CABLES; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MICROCRACKS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STRESSES;

CABLE TENSION; TRAFFIC LOADING;

CABLE STAYED BRIDGES;

BRIDGE CABLES; CABLE STAYED BRIDGES; FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE MECHANICS; MICROCRACKS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STRESSES;

EID: 37649015754     PISSN: 01678442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tafmec.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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