Fatigue analysis of riveted railway bridge connections using the theory of critical distances

Engineering Structures

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2707-2715

  Righiniotis, Timothy D ^a   Imam, Boulent M ^a   Chryssanthopoulos, Marios K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bridges; Fatigue; Finite element method; Stress concentrations; Theory of critical distances

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RAILROAD BRIDGES; RAILROAD PLANT AND STRUCTURES; RAILROADS; RAILS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WELDS;

APPLIED STRESSES; CRITICAL VOLUME; DESCRIPTOR; FATIGUE; FATIGUE ANALYSES; FATIGUE BEHAVIOUR; FATIGUE CRACKING; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GLOBAL-LOCAL; MESH REFINEMENTS; RAILWAY BRIDGES; RIVETED RAILWAY BRIDGES; STRESS CONCENTRATIONS; THEORY OF CRITICAL DISTANCES;

FATIGUE DAMAGE;

BRIDGE; CRACKING; DEFORMATION; FATIGUE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; RAILWAY; STRESS ANALYSIS;

EID: 52749089042     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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