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PROBLEM: Check Fatigue Stress at Diaphragm Connection Plate Which Is Welded To The

This document provides a fatigue check for a composite steel stringer bridge. It gives the details of the bridge and stringer and outlines the 4 step process to check fatigue stress at the diaphragm connection plate: 1) compute the effective flange width, 2) compute the composite section moment of inertia, 3) compute the stress range due to fatigue load, 4) calculate the allowable fatigue stress. The calculated fatigue stress of 5.69 ksi is less than the allowable fatigue stress of 6.0 ksi, indicating the connection plate satisfies the fatigue requirement.

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PROBLEM: Check Fatigue Stress at Diaphragm Connection Plate Which Is Welded To The

This document provides a fatigue check for a composite steel stringer bridge. It gives the details of the bridge and stringer and outlines the 4 step process to check fatigue stress at the diaphragm connection plate: 1) compute the effective flange width, 2) compute the composite section moment of inertia, 3) compute the stress range due to fatigue load, 4) calculate the allowable fatigue stress. The calculated fatigue stress of 5.69 ksi is less than the allowable fatigue stress of 6.0 ksi, indicating the connection plate satisfies the fatigue requirement.

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CE523 - BRIDGE DESIGN

FATIGUE CHECK FOR A COMPOSITE


STEEL STRINGER BRIDGE

DET

PROBLEM: Check fatigue stress at diaphragm connection plate which is welded to the
tension flange. It is an interior stringer with the typical cross section shown
below.

GIVEN :
A two lane - bridge (one in each direction)
Stringer spacing = 9.0 ft
Effective span length = 42 ft (connection is near midspan)
Stringer : W36x160. A709, Grade 50W steel
Deck thickness 8.5 in (excluding in wearing surface)
Average haunch depth of 2 in
Concrete strength = 4.5 ksi
Maximum bending moment at connection plate (fatigue load
combination) = 380 kip-ft
Minimum bending moment at connection plate (fatigue load
combination) = -25 kip-ft
Bridge single-lane average ADTT = 1800 (over 75 year design life)

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CE523 - BRIDGE DESIGN

STEP 1:

FATIGUE CHECK FOR A COMPOSITE


STEEL STRINGER BRIDGE

DET

Compute the effective flange width.

The effective flange width is defined as:


Minimum of
x span length = (0.25)(42.00)

= 15.00 ft

Center-to-center between stringers

= 9.00 ft

12 x min. slab thickness + flange width


= [(12)(8.5)+(0.5)(12.0))]/12

= 8.84 ft
bef = 8.84 ft

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CE523 - BRIDGE DESIGN

STEP 1:

FATIGUE CHECK FOR A COMPOSITE


STEEL STRINGER BRIDGE

DET

Compute the effective flange width.

The effective flange width is defined as:


Minimum of
x span length = (0.25)(42.00)

= 15.00 ft

Center-to-center between stringers

= 9.00 ft

12 x min. slab thickness + flange width


= [(12)(8.5)+(0.5)(12.0))]/12

= 8.84 ft
bef = 8.84 ft

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STEP 2:

FATIGUE CHECK FOR A COMPOSITE


STEEL STRINGER BRIDGE

DET

Compute composite section moment of inertia.

For moment of inertia resisting live load (k = 1).


For 4.5 ksi concrete, n = 8 (see Section 3.10.4)

9.00 12
8

= 13.50

/ =

(13.50 )(8.5 )3
12

= 690.9 4

Element

A,in2

Y,in

AY,in3

AY2,in4

lo,in4

W36x160

47.0

18.00

846.00

15,228.0

9,750.0

Slab (n=8)

114.75

42.25

4,848.19

204,835.9

690.0

Totals

161.75

5,694.19

220,064

10,441

=
=

2 = 10,4412 + 22,00642 = 230,505 4

5694.19 2
=
= 35.20

161.75 2

= (

)( )2 = 230,505 4 (161.75 2 )(35.00 )2

= 30,090 4

30,090 4
= =
= 854.84 3

35.20

l = 30,090 in2
S = 854.84 in3

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FATIGUE CHECK FOR A COMPOSITE


STEEL STRINGER BRIDGE

CE523 - BRIDGE DESIGN

STEP 3:

DET

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1

Compute stress range due to fatigue load.

The maximum fatigue moment range:


=

= 380.0 (25.0) = 405.0

The maximum fatigue stress range:


(405.0
=

STEP 4 :

854.84

)(12

)
= 5.69

Calculate the allowable fatigue stress.

For continuous span length over 40 ft, and the connection near midspan, the cycle per truck
Passage: n = 1
For one-lane traffic in each direction,

= 1.0.

The total number of loading cycles in 75 years of bridges design life:

N = (365)(75)(np)(ADTT) = (365)(75)(1)(1.0)(1800) = 49.275 x 106

The detail category constant A for detail category C:


A = 44.0 x 108 ksi3

((

= 12

The allowable fatigue stress range:


1

1
3

44.0 108 3
) =( ) =(
) = 4.47
49.275 106

) = 6.0

= 5.69

1
(
2

= 6.0

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