*Steel Pier with Box section on The Metropolitan Expressway [#g5f05733] *首都高速道路の鋼製橋脚 [#g5f05733] **1.Field of application [#r15ae1ab] >Steel pier at The Third line on The Metropolitan Expressway, Japan.&br; >首都高速道路3号線の鋼製橋脚.&br; **2.Circumstances of Repair [#m6160cd1] >Fatigue cracks were found in welded joints ,which were the corner of the steel bridge pier,in 1997. >1997年、箱断面鋼製橋脚の角部の溶接継手に疲労き裂が見つかった。 >1997年、箱断面鋼製橋脚の隅角部の溶接継手に疲労き裂が見つかった。 **3.Types of structure [#k979f13d] >Front views of the steel piers are shown in [[Fig.1>#fig1]]. &br; >[[図.1>#fig1]]に鋼製橋脚の正面図を示す.&br; CENTER:&aname(fig1);&attachref(./pier_shutoko_1_R1.jpg,15%);&br; &br; CENTER:Fig.1 Front of the steel piers &br; CENTER:図.1 正面図 &br; **4.Details of loading [#s818a3f2] >Fluctuating loads due to highway live load. >活荷重 **5.Description of damage [#y00eaa5f] >One of these fatigue cracks location and detail are shown in [[Fig.2>#fig2]]. &br; >[[図.2>#fig2]]に、疲労き裂(抜粋)の位置と詳細を示す。 &br; CENTER:&aname(fig2);&attachref(./pier_shutoko_2.jpg,20%);&br; &br; CENTER:Fig.2 One of these fatigue cracks location and detail &br; CENTER:図.2 疲労き裂の位置と詳細 &br; >Causes of fatigue cracks were as follows: >疲労き裂の原因は次のとおりである。 -Lack of fusion in the double bevel groove type welded joint which connected the transverse beam flange to the colum flange. -Large cyclic stress due to live load. -横梁と柱のフランジ間の両開先溶接部の溶け込み不良 -横梁と柱のフランジ間の両開先溶接部の溶け込み不足 -活荷重による高い繰り返し応力 **6.Repair method applied [#me675e4d] >As the temporally-repair,bolted splice plates([[Fig.3>#fig3]]) 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. &br; >応急的処置として、([[図.3>#fig3]])に示すとおり、WEBの当て板補強を行い高力ボルトで固定した。この当て板補強により、約50%の応力低減となり、安全に供用できる状態となった。 CENTER:&aname(fi3);&attachref(./pier_shutoko_3.jpg,20%);&aname(fi4);&attachref(./pier_shutoko_4.jpg,40%);&br; CENTER:Fig.3 Bolted splice plates and Construction photograph of bolted splice plates &br; CENTER:図.3 当て板補強とその施工状況 &br; **Reference [#b370504a] >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) &br;