Statistical analysis of stress spectra for fatigue life assessment of steel bridges with structural health monitoring data

Engineering Structures

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 166-176

  Ye, X W ^a   Ni, Y Q ^a   Wong, K Y ^b   Ko, J M ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Fatigue life assessment; Steel bridge; Stress spectrum; Structural health monitoring; Typhoon effect

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC STRAIN; FATIGUE LIFE ASSESSMENT; HIGHWAY TRAFFIC; LONG TERM MONITORING; OPTIMAL NUMBER; RAILWAY TRAFFIC; STRAIN DATA; STRESS SPECTRUM; TYPHOON EFFECTS; WELDED DETAILS;

HURRICANES; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING;

STEEL BRIDGES;

BRIDGE; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEEL STRUCTURE; STRAIN; STRESS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TYPHOON;

CHINA; HONG KONG; TSING MA BRIDGE;

EID: 84864059662     PISSN: 01410296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engstruct.2012.06.016     Document Type: Article

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