Evaluation of Fatigue Strength Improvement by CFRP Laminates and Shot Peening onto the Tension Flanges Joining Corrugated SteelWebs

Corrugated steel web with inherent high out-of-plane stiffness has a promising application in configuring large span highway bridge girders. Due to the irregularity of the configuration details, the local stress concentration poses a major fatigue problem for the welded flange plates of high strengt...

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Main Authors: Zhi-Yu Wang, Qing-Yuan Wang, Yong-Jie Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-08-01
Series:Materials
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/8/8/5248