Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 403-411 (2021)
PREDICTION OF ULTRALOW CYCLE FATIGUE DAMAGE OF
THIN-WALLED STEEL BRIDGE PIERS
Zhan-Zhan Tang 1, 2, Han-Yang Xue 1, Hong Liu 4 and Wei Zhang *, 2, 3
1 College of Civil Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225127, China
2 School of Civil Engineering, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou 350118, China
3 Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 190 00, Czech Republic
4 Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Structures, VSB-Technical University of Ostrava, L. Podéště 1875, 708 33 Ostrava, Poruba, Czech Republic
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Received: 17 September 2020; Revised: 7 May 2021; Accepted: 7 May 2021
DOI:10.18057/IJASC.2021.17.4.9
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ABSTRACT
Ultralow cycle fatigue (ULCF) failure was first observed on steel bridge piers in the Kobe earthquake, and the ultimate strength and ductility evaluation formulas of thin-walled steel bridge piers were established. In this study, parametric analysis of steel piers was carried out to study the influence of the structural parameters on the ULCF damage evolution. The evolution of the ULCF damage of the base metal, the deposited metal, and the heat-affected zones was studied based on two types of steel piers with hollow box and pipe sections. Then, practical formulas to predict the ULCF damage level of steel piers under cyclic loading were proposed. Finally, the proposed formulas were validated by comparisons with the experimental results. The results show that the heat-affected zone is more vulnerable to ULCF failure than the base metal and the deposited metal. Moreover, the practical formulas to predict the ULCF damage index of the steel piers under cyclic loading were proposed, and the formulas effectively predicted the ULCF crack of the steel piers.
KEYWORDS
Cyclic void growth model, Damage index, Structural steel, Steel bridge piers, Ultralow cycle fatigue
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