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Title: IN-SERVICE RESPONSE OF AN ORTHOTROPIC STEEL DECK COMPARED WITH DESIGN ASSUMPTIONS
Accession Number: 00789688
Record Type: Component
Record URL: Availability: Transportation Research Board Business Office 500 Fifth Street, NW Find a library where document is available Abstract: To minimize the possibility of fatigue cracking on the new orthotropic deck of the Williamsburg Bridge, laboratory tests with a full-scale prototype panel were conducted. During the study, recommendations for improving fatigue resistance of the welded rib-diaphragm connection detail were made before construction. In addition, load testing and long-term remote monitoring of the orthotropic deck were conducted. The field data suggest that actual truckloads are greater than the standard truckloads assumed in the AASHTO Load and Resistance Factor Design (LRFD) Specifications. They also suggest that modifications to the fatigue design of deck elements may be required because the maximum stress range exceeds twice the stress range provided by the fatigue truck (i.e., twice the fatigue truck assumed by the AASHTO LRFD Specifications).
Supplemental Notes: This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1696, Fifth International Bridge Engineering Conference, April 3-5, 2000, Tampa, Florida, Volume 1. The revised name of this series is Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board.
Language: English
Corporate Authors: Transportation Research Board 500 Fifth Street, NW Authors: Connor, Robert JFisher, J WPagination: p. 100-108
Publication Date: 2000
Serial: Conference:
Fifth International Bridge Engineering Conference
Location:
Tampa, Florida ISBN: 0309071224
Features: Figures
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; References
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; Tables
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TRT Terms: Identifier Terms: Uncontrolled Terms: Geographic Terms: Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls
Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
Created Date: Mar 3 2000 12:00AM
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