Pinyi Zhao^1,*, Yu Qin², Bo Wu³, Yu Chen¹, Xingyu Chen¹, Jinsheng Wen⁴

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.19, No.5, pp. 1367-1386, 2025, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2025.067558 - 05 September 2025

Abstract The impact of longitudinal stiffener configurations on the structural performance of orthotropic steel bridge decks (OSD) was systematically investigated, with emphasis on U-shaped, T-shaped, and rectangular ribs. Finite element analysis was employed to evaluate deformation and stress distribution under three critical loading scenarios: vertical uniform load, vertical eccentric load, and lateral uniform load. Equivalent models ensuring identical steel usage, moment of inertia, and centroid alignment were established to compare five stiffener configurations. Results demonstrate that U-rib configurations exhibit superior performance in controlling local displacements and minimizing stress concentrations. Under eccentric loading, U-ribs significantly reduce deck… More >

Ying Wang^1,*, Zheng Yan¹, Zhen Wang²

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.127, No.2, pp. 549-574, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2021.014727 - 19 April 2021

Abstract Due to the complex structure and dense weld of the orthotropic steel bridge deck (OSBD), fatigue cracks are prone to occur in the typical welding details. Welding residual stress (WRS) will cause a plastic zone at the crack tip. In this paper, an elastoplastic constitutive model based on the Chaboche kinematic hardening model was introduced, and the extended finite element method (XFEM) was used to study the influence of material elastoplasticity and crack tip plastic zone on the law of fatigue crack propagation. By judging the stress state of the residual stress field at the… More >

Rongfeng Chen¹, Changqing Miao^2,*

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.14, No.3, pp. 205-228, 2020, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2020.08997 - 14 September 2020

Abstract In order to study the fatigue properties of rib-to-deck welded connection and rib-to-rib welded connection in orthotropic steel bridge decks, a multi-scale finite element model was set up to analyze the stress distribution characteristics and the load test was conducted on the Taizhou Yangtze River Bridge. Comparing the vehicle test results with the multi-scale finite element model results to verify the accuracy of the finite element simulation for the stress response of two welded details. The results indicated that: The stress at the rib-to-deck welded connection and the rib-to-rib welded connection are the bending stress… More >

Yabin Yang, Guangyu Shi^*

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.21, No.2, pp. 35-35, 2019, DOI:10.32604/icces.2019.05623

Abstract The efficient and high performance orthotropic steel decks have been widely used in long span bridges over the world. The initial defects at welded joints of orthotropic steel bridge decks will undergo fatigue failure under the action of live load of moving vehicles on the bridge decks. And the fatigue cracks at the rib-to-deck welded joints are the most dangerous cracks for the orthotropic steel bridge decks. Therefore, the fatigue life evaluation of the rib-to-deck welded joints is very important for the safety of orthotropic steel bridge decks. This paper presents a crack propagation-based model… More >

Meiling Zhuang^1,2, Changqing Miao^1,2,*, Rongfeng Chen^1,2

Structural Durability & Health Monitoring, Vol.13, No.2, pp. 205-225, 2019, DOI:10.32604/sdhm.2019.04654

Abstract To study the fatigue performance of welded details in the orthotropic steel decks, the steel box girder for Taizhou Yangtze River Bridge is taken as the research object. Based on the field monitoring data obtained from the load test, the stress response test of the orthotropic steel box girder under wheel loads is performed and the correctness of the vehicle test data obtained from the field monitoring data also have been verified by the numerical results of the finite element model. Based on the Miner linear cumulative damage theory, the S-N curve of the Eurocode3… More >