Strengthening of fatigue critical welds of a steel box girder

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 25, Issue , 2012, Pages 329-345

  Koller, Roland E ^a   Stoecklin, Ivan ^b   Weisse, Bernhard ^a   Terrasi, Giovanni P ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b Carbo Link GmbH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Prestressed CFRP laminate; Reinforcement; Steel box girder; Weld

Indexed keywords

BENDING CYCLES; BOX GIRDER; CFRP LAMINATE; FATIGUE ANALYSIS; FATIGUE CRACKS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FEM; INITIAL PRESTRESS; PRE-STRESSED CFRP LAMINATES; PRESTRESS LOSS; REGULAR INSPECTIONS; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; STEEL BOX GIRDERS; TENSION AND COMPRESSION;

FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FATIGUE TESTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATES; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PENDULUMS; REINFORCEMENT; STEEL STRUCTURES; WELDING; WELDS;

BOX GIRDER BRIDGES;

EID: 84864557945     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2012.04.004     Document Type: Review

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