*Shinkansen Br.(connections between stringers and floorbeams in steel railway trusses) [#v6d1d7cc] *新幹線の橋梁(鋼トラス橋の縦桁と横桁の連結部)[#v6d1d7cc] // **1.Field of application [#r4424718] // >Steel bridge on Tokaido Shinkansen-railway, Japan.&br; >東海道新幹線の鋼橋 // **2.Circumstances of Repair [#ma1b1f85] >Fatigue cracks at connections between stringers and floorbeams were found in 2004 after 40 years service. >供用開始から40年が経過した2004年、縦桁と横桁の連結部に疲労き裂が発見された。 // **3.Types of structure [#if0d3259] // >The outline of the bridge structure is as follows. >橋梁の構造諸元は次のとおりである。 -Bridge length : 60.0 m -Span length : 60.0 m -Structure : Simple thurugh type truss -Structural steel : unknown -橋長:60.0m -支間長:60.0m -橋梁形式:単純下路トラス橋 -使用鋼材:不明 >Elevation and plan of the bridge are shown in [[Fig.1>#fig1]]. >側面図と平面図を[[図.1>#fig1]]に示す。 CENTER:&aname(fig1);&attachref(./tokaido_1.jpg,40%);&br; &br; CENTER:Fig.1 Elavation and plan(In japanese) &br; CENTER:図.1 側面図と平面図 &br; **4.Details of loading [#tc28a883] >300 Shinkansen trains / day . >300新幹線車両/日 **5.Description of damage [#q37ad518] // >The detail of connections between stringers and floorbeams is shown in [[Fig.2>#fig2]].The detail of cracks and photographs are shown in [[Fig.3>#fig3]],[[Fig.4>#fig4]]. &br; >[[図.2>#fig2]]に縦桁と横桁の連結部の詳細を示す。[[図.3>#fig3]]と[[図.4>#fig4]]にそれぞれ疲労き裂の詳細と写真を示す。 &br; CENTER:&aname(fig2);&attachref(./tokaido_2.jpg,25%);&br; &br; CENTER:Fig.2 Connections between stringers and floorbeams &br; CENTER:図.2 縦桁と横桁の連結部 &br; CENTER:&aname(fig3);&attachref(./tokaido_3.jpg,25%);&br; &br; CENTER:Fig.3 Crack detail. &br; CENTER:図.3 き裂の詳細 &br; CENTER:&aname(fig4);&attachref(./tokaido_4.jpg,25%);&br; &br; CENTER:Fig.4 Photographs of the cracks &br; CENTER:図.4 き裂の写真 &br; >As a result of FEM analysis,the causes to show as follows were estimated. >FEM解析の結果、疲労き裂の原因は次のように推定される。 >Causes of fategue cracks-A were as follows:&br; >Crack-Aの原因は次のとおりである。 +The stringers begin to bend with approach of the train. +Therefore the connections move so that the angle variation occurs. +The support plates on the stiffeners were forcedly rotated with the action. +As a result,high stresses occur to the top side of the stiffeners. +列車の接近で縦桁が曲げを受ける。 +連結部に回転角が生じる。 +補剛材上のサポートプレートが強制的に回転する。 +結果として補剛財の上端部に高い応力が発生する。 **6.Repair method applied [#q07b694f] > The Reinforcement structure that was adopted is shown in [[Fig.5>#fig5]]. &br; >[[図.5>#fig5]]に示すように補強を行った。 &br; CENTER:&aname(fig5);&attachref(./tokaido_5.jpg,25%);&br; &br; CENTER:Fig.5 Repair method. &br; CENTER:図.5 補修方法 &br; **Reference [#m256da60] >Kazuya TAKAHASHI,Shigeru NAITO,Masaki SEKI,Atsushi ICHIKAWA and Chitoshi MIKI,IDENTIFICATION OF CAUSES OF FATIGUE DAMAGE IN CONNECTIONS BETWEEN STRINGERS AND FLOORBEAMS IN STEEL RAILWAY TRUSSES,'''Journal of JSCE''',A,vol.64.No.2,pp235-247,2008.4(In Japanese) &br; >Kazuya TAKAHASHI,Shigeru NAITO,Masaki SEKI,Atsushi ICHIKAWA and Chitoshi MIKI,FATIGUE PERFORMANCE OF CONNECTIONS BETWEEN STRINGERS AND FLOORBEAMS IN STEEL RAILWAY TRUSSES AND ITS IMPROVEMENTS,'''Journal of JSCE''',A,vol.64.No.2,pp394-407,2008.4(In Japanese)