Notch Fatigue Life Research Based on Critical Distance Theory
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Abstract
Orthotropic anisotropic steel bridge panels are widely used in civil engineering due to their advantages of light deadweight, high ultimate bearing capacity, and wide range of applications. However, their fatigue problem is serious, and the fatigue-resistant design of the steel box girder diaphragm curved cutout is still difficult. In order to effectively predict the fatigue life of this typical fatigue-susceptible detail, a fatigue test of the specimen with curved notched segments of the diaphragm was carried out. ABAQUS 2016 version finite element analysis software was used to establish three kinds of finite element simplified models of the fatigue specimens with curved notches, and the laws of the influence of different notch radii on the fatigue life of the specimens were studied. Through the finite element solution of the three arc notch specimen models with different radii under the tensile load of 50 kN their respective principal stress distributions were obtained. The critical distance theory was introduced to analyze the characteristic stresses in the stress concentration area of the arc notch, and the point method and line method were used to calculate the characteristic stresses. The fatigue life prediction models of three kinds of notched components were established by combining the material fatigue limit and FE-safe life results. The results show that the point method is more conservative than the line method; no matter if the point method or the line method is used, the characteristic stress and the notch radius are inversely proportional to each other, and it is beneficial for the fatigue life of the structure to appropriately increase the notch radius. The fatigue prediction model of steel box girder diaphragms with curved notches based on the critical distance theory is of high accuracy, which is basically consistent with the test results, verifying the feasibility of the critical distance theory in the fatigue life prediction of notched specimens, and providing a reference for the fatigue life assessment of similar steel structures.
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OpenAlex topics: Fatigue and fracture mechanics · Engineering Structural Analysis Methods · Structural Load-Bearing Analysis
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Affiliations
Hunan Road and Bridge Construction Group Co., Ltd., Changsha 410000, China
School of Civil Engineering, Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha 410114, China
Funding
Changsha City Natural Science Foundation Project · Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation Project
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