Steel transverse beam on The Metropolitan Expressway

1.Field of application

Steel transverse beam on The Metropolitan Expressway , Japan.

2.Circumstances of Repair

Fatigue cracks were found in welded joints of diaphragms which were under girder supports.

3.Types of structure

Steel transverse beam with box section.

4.Details of loading

Fluctuating loads due to highway live load.

5.Description of damage

Fatigue cracks location are shown in Fig.1.Photograph of Type1-crack is shown in Fig.2.Photograph of Type2-crack and Type5-crack are shown in Fig.3



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Fig.1 Crack location

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Fig.2 Type1-crack

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Fig.3 Type2-crack and Type5-crack

Causes of fatigue cracks were as follows:

6.Repair method applied

As the temporally-repair,bolted splice plates(Fig.3,Fig.4) were installed on the box webs of the connections.This repairing decreased the measured stress by about 50%,so that these piers could be used safely temporally.But it was needed to remove all the fatigue cracks as the final repair.

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Fig.3 Bolted splice plates

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Fig.4 Construction photograph of bolted splice plates

Reference

Hisashi MORIKAWA,Tetsuhiro SHIMOZATO,Chitoshi MIKI and Atsushi ICHIKAWA,STUDY ON FATIGUE CRACKING IN STEEL BRIDGE PIERS WITH BOX SECTION AND TEMPORALLY REPAIRING,Journal of JSCE,No.703/I-59,pp177-183,2002.4(In Japanese)


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