Tubular Trusses for Steel-Concrete Composite Bridges
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Manfred A. Hirt
Alain Nussbaumer |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Symposium: Improving Infrastructure Worldwide, Weimar, Germany, 19-21 September 2007 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Symposium Weimar 2007 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 132-133 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 8 | ||||
| Year: | 2007 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/222137807796119988 | ||||
| Abstract: |
The main subject area of this contribution is the recent development of composite bridges in Europe using welded steel truss girders made of circular hollow sections. The governing criterion for the design of such tubular structures with welded nodes often is fatigue. Comparison between cast steel nodes and welded nodes is made. Also, the beneficial effect of weld peening on the fatigue strength is mentioned. Finally, a brief summary on the development of a new shear connection for prefabricated concrete deck elements is made. |
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| Keywords: |
bridges fatigue welded joints circular hollow sections shear connection cast steel nodes peening
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