Steel bridge on Hanshin Expressway (welded joints between vertical stiffeners and orthotropic deck plate)

1.Field of application

Steel bridge of The Hanshin Expressway, Japan.

2.Circumstances of repair

Fatigue cracks were detected on welded joints between vertical stiffeners and orthotropic deck plate in 2005 after 9 years of service.

3.Types of structure

The outline of the bridge structure is as follows.

4.Details of loading

Fluctuating loads due to highway live load.

5.Description of damage

Fatigue cracks were detected on welded joints between vertical stiffners and orthotropic deck plate.Type-A cracks initiated from the orthotopic deck side toe of the weld bead and propagated at a orthotropic deck. Type-B cracks initiated from the vertical stiffeners side toe of the weld bead and propagated at orthotopic deck after penetrating through the weld bead(Fig.1). .

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Type-A                         Type-B

Fig.1 Crack location

Cause of fatigue cracks was as follows:

6.Repair method applied

Retrofitting measures were cutting treating of semicircle at the vertical stiffeners(Fig.2).

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Fig.2 Cutting treating of semicircle

Reference

Yoshihiko TAKADA,Yoriko KAWAKAMI,Yuji SAKAI,Masahiro SAKANO, Study on retrofit measures in weld of vertical stiffener cutting treating of the semicircle in orthotropic steel deck, STEEL CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING, Vol.16, No.62,2009.(In Japanese)


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