Fatigue assessment and crack propagation of floorbeam cutout in orthotropic bridge decks

Based on the fatigue cracking of floorbeam cutout in a bridge, the field testing under random traffic flows was firstly conducted to investigate the fatigue crack initiation, and then a multi-scale numerical model, based on extended finite element method (XFEM), was established to reveal the propaga...

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Published in:	Materials & Design
Main Authors:	Ze Xiang, Zhiwen Zhu, Xinbin Lei
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2023-02-01
Subjects:	Orthotropic bridge deck Fatigue Extended finite element method (XFEM) Floorbeam cutout Crack propagation
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127523000916