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Fatigue and fracture simulation of welded bridge details through a bi-linear crack growth law
AbstractThis paper deals with the application of a probabilistic fracture mechanics approach to predict the fatigue life of welded steel details in the presence of cracks under bridge spectrum loading. It is based on a recently proposed bi-linear relationship to model fatigue crack growth and incorporates a failure criterion to describe the interaction between fracture and plastic collapse. The formulation leading to the expected number of cycles to failure is first outlined, followed by a simple example on a butt-welded detail. Uncertainty modelling, especially on fatigue crack growth parameters, is undertaken with the aid of recently published data in support of the bi-linear crack growth relationship. Results pertaining to fatigue reliability and fatigue crack size evolution are presented using simulation with Latin Hypercube Sampling, and emphasis is placed on a comparison between linear and bi-linear crack growth models. The latter is found to lead to higher fatigue life estimates and significantly different crack size distributions, both of which have implications on inspection schemes for steel bridge components.
Fatigue and fracture simulation of welded bridge details through a bi-linear crack growth law
AbstractThis paper deals with the application of a probabilistic fracture mechanics approach to predict the fatigue life of welded steel details in the presence of cracks under bridge spectrum loading. It is based on a recently proposed bi-linear relationship to model fatigue crack growth and incorporates a failure criterion to describe the interaction between fracture and plastic collapse. The formulation leading to the expected number of cycles to failure is first outlined, followed by a simple example on a butt-welded detail. Uncertainty modelling, especially on fatigue crack growth parameters, is undertaken with the aid of recently published data in support of the bi-linear crack growth relationship. Results pertaining to fatigue reliability and fatigue crack size evolution are presented using simulation with Latin Hypercube Sampling, and emphasis is placed on a comparison between linear and bi-linear crack growth models. The latter is found to lead to higher fatigue life estimates and significantly different crack size distributions, both of which have implications on inspection schemes for steel bridge components.
Fatigue and fracture simulation of welded bridge details through a bi-linear crack growth law
Righiniotis, Timothy D. (author) / Chryssanthopoulos, Marios K. (author)
Structural Safety ; 26 ; 141-158
2003-05-16
18 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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