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A hybrid approach for fatigue assessment of reinforced concrete bridge deck considering realistic bridge-traffic interaction
Abstract Reinforced concrete (RC) bridge decks are directly exposed to daily traffic loads and often experience surface cracking caused by excessive stress or fatigue accumulation. The bridge deck fatigue performance over traffic loads needs to be assessed based on accurate dynamic interaction analysis of the bridge and realistic moving vehicles. Most of existing studies on fatigue assessment focus on either the bridge global response without sufficient details about the bridge deck, or refined bridge deck modeling without considering the full dynamic interaction between moving traffic and the bridge structure realistically. A hybrid fatigue assessment approach is developed by combining mode-based global bridge-traffic dynamic interaction analysis, finite-element (FE)-based refined bridge deck model, and fatigue assessment method directly based on the vehicle loads and shear strength of the bridge deck. The proposed approach is demonstrated with a typical 3-span concrete bridge under realistic traffic and road surface conditions. Based on the dynamic interaction and stress analysis results, the fatigue damage factor is further investigated with different road surface roughness levels and heavy truck proportions. It is found that the proposed analytical approach provides a useful tool to predict the bridge deck response and potential fatigue damage under realistic traffic flow.
A hybrid approach for fatigue assessment of reinforced concrete bridge deck considering realistic bridge-traffic interaction
Abstract Reinforced concrete (RC) bridge decks are directly exposed to daily traffic loads and often experience surface cracking caused by excessive stress or fatigue accumulation. The bridge deck fatigue performance over traffic loads needs to be assessed based on accurate dynamic interaction analysis of the bridge and realistic moving vehicles. Most of existing studies on fatigue assessment focus on either the bridge global response without sufficient details about the bridge deck, or refined bridge deck modeling without considering the full dynamic interaction between moving traffic and the bridge structure realistically. A hybrid fatigue assessment approach is developed by combining mode-based global bridge-traffic dynamic interaction analysis, finite-element (FE)-based refined bridge deck model, and fatigue assessment method directly based on the vehicle loads and shear strength of the bridge deck. The proposed approach is demonstrated with a typical 3-span concrete bridge under realistic traffic and road surface conditions. Based on the dynamic interaction and stress analysis results, the fatigue damage factor is further investigated with different road surface roughness levels and heavy truck proportions. It is found that the proposed analytical approach provides a useful tool to predict the bridge deck response and potential fatigue damage under realistic traffic flow.
A hybrid approach for fatigue assessment of reinforced concrete bridge deck considering realistic bridge-traffic interaction
Yufen Zhou (author) / Suren Chen (author)
2024
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