High-cycle fatigue behavior of riveted connections for railway metal bridges

Journal of Constructional Steel Research

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2167-2175

  Pipinato, A ^a   Pellegrino, C ^a   Bursi, O S ^b   Modena, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bridge maintenance; Fatigue damage; Material tests; Riveted bridge; Shear tests

Indexed keywords

BRIDGE MAINTENANCE; BRUSSELS; DESIGN RULES; EN 1993; EUROCODE 3; EVALUATION OF EXISTING STRUCTURES; EXISTING STRUCTURE; FATIGUE ENDURANCES; HIGH-CYCLE FATIGUES; HOT SPOT; MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MATERIAL TESTS; RAILWAY BRIDGES; REMAINING FATIGUE LIFE; RIVETED BRIDGE; SERVICE LOADS; SHEAR DIAPHRAGM; SHEAR TESTS; STRESS CYCLE; STRUCTURAL CODES; STRUCTURAL SCHEME; STRUCTURE REPLACEMENT; TRAFFIC LOADS; YIELD STRENGTH;

MAINTENANCE; MATERIALS; RAILROAD BRIDGES; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; RAILROADS; RAILS; RETROFITTING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TENSILE STRENGTH; TESTING;

FATIGUE DAMAGE;

EID: 68749109254     PISSN: 0143974X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcsr.2009.06.019     Document Type: Article

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