Steel bridge on The Metropolitan Expressway (welded joint between longitudinal trough rib and orthotropic deck plate )(Part 2)

1.Field of application

Steel bridge of The Metropolitan Expressway, Japan.

2.Circumstances of repair

Many fatigue cracks were found in the upper end of vertical stiffener which was at end diaphragm.These cracks were found after more than 30 years service.

3.Types of structure

The outline of the bridge structure is as follows.

The cross section and clack location are shown in figure 1.


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Fig.1 Cross section and crack location

4.Details of loading

Fluctuating loads due to highway live load.

5.Description of damage

These cracks propagated from the boxing welded joints at the upper end of vertical stiffeners to web plates of end diaphragm(Fig.1).

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Fig.1 Detail of crack

Cause of fatigue cracks was as follows:

6.Repair method applied

Emergency repair

Stop hole and scallop were drilled at the crack tips(Fig.1).

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Fig.1 Crack location and emergency repair


Permanent repair

The new ribs with plates installed by high-tension bolts after removing the damaged trough ribs(Fig.2).


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Fig.2 Photo and detail of the new ribs

Reference

Saito et al,The effectiveness of the repair of replacing the trough rib and the verification of the stress properties,Prc.of Annual Conferenece of JSCE,vol.63,2008.(In Japanese)


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