Fatigue Life of Riveted Steel Bridges

This book explains how to properly evaluate fatigue when deciding on a riveted railway bridge's future service life. It considers the level of stress ranges due to traffic, the effect of temperature and aging, loading histories, crack detection, loose rivets, other defects, and repair and strengthening.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Previous Work - A Literature Survey; 3. Riveted Connections; 4. Fatigue of Riveted Railway Bridges; 5. Field Studies; 6. Full-Scale Fatigue Tests of RivetedGirders; 7. Summary and Conclusions; 8. Modern Research.

About the author

Björn Åkesson is a former lecturer at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. Currently he is a consulting engineer and the author of several books focusing on the design and analysis of steel structures, especially bridges. He also published Plate Buckling in Bridges and Other Structures , a comprehensive account of local buckling in bridges (Taylor & Francis, 2007).

Summary

This book explains how to properly evaluate fatigue when deciding on a riveted railway bridge's future service life. It considers the level of stress ranges due to traffic, the effect of temperature and aging, loading histories, crack detection, loose rivets, other defects, and repair and strengthening.

Product details

• Authors: AKESSON, Bjoern Akesson, Bjorn Akesson, Björn Åkesson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781138372603
• ISBN: 978-1-138-37260-3
• No. of pages: 170
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches