Fatigue Life Evaluation of Welded Joints in OSD for Railway Bridges Considering Welding Residual Stress
Publication: Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities
Volume 33, Issue 2
Abstract
An orthotropic steel deck (OSD) has a complicated structure, and its fatigue life is mainly determined by various welding details. Fatigue assessment of deck-to-rib welded joints under long-term train loads is an important concern for engineers. Using the stress range–number of cycles (S-N) curves that are recommended by existing specifications, it is difficult to consider welding residual stress. As a type of initial stress, welding residual stress reduces structural fatigue life by influencing the mean stress of the external cyclic load. However, the effect of mean stress is often overlooked by traditional welding fatigue theory. In this paper, a full-range S-N curve model of steel fatigue resistance integrating welding residual stress is proposed by adopting the Soderberg formula to equivalently transform the stress amplitude and mean stress. The Nanjing Dashengguan Bridge, a six-line railway steel arch bridge and the longest steel arch bridge in the world, is used as an example to demonstrate the fatigue life evaluation procedure of the proposed model in detail. First, the distribution of the welding residual stress of deck-to-rib welded details is obtained based on a refined finite-element model (FEM), and its accuracy is verified experimentally. Second, the partial welded joint model is embedded into the whole multiscale FEM of the steel deck. The structural/real stress spectrum of the welded details under a passenger/freight train is obtained by integrating the coupling effect of the train load stress and residual stress. Finally, fatigue life evaluation of the deck-to-rib welded details of the Dashengguan Bridge is carried out based on the proposed S-N curve model, integrating the residual stress and annual train volume. The results show that (1) the longitudinal residual stress () on the top and bottom surfaces of the deck vary with its welding direction respectively (perpendicular or parallel); (2) the maximum value of the real stress under the coupling effect of train load stress and residual stress is less than the yield strength (), so the influence of mean stress on the fatigue life of welded joints should still be considered; and (3) the fatigue life calculated by the proposed model is more accurate and conservative than a common standard. In summary, the proposed model provides a basis for determining whether the Dashengguan Bridge can allow freight trains to pass.
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Acknowledgments
The authors gratefully acknowledge the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program; Grant No. 2015CB060000), the Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 51438002), the National Natural Science Foundation (Grant Nos. 51578138, 51508251, and 51608258), the Fundamental Research Fund for the Central Universities (Grant No. 2242016K41066), and the Scientific Research Foundation of the Graduate School of Southeast University (Grant No. YBJJ1819).
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Received: Mar 5, 2018
Accepted: Aug 22, 2018
Published online: Dec 24, 2018
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