Corrosion-Fatigue Analysis of Wires in Bridge Cables Considering Time-Dependent Electrochemical Corrosion Process
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 149, Issue 4
Abstract
Environmental corrosion and cyclic dynamic loadings are the main causes of cable failures. In the degradation process of cables, the effects of corrosion and cyclic loading are coupled and the corrosion rate is time dependent. To consider the time-variant properties of the electrochemical corrosion process, the evolution curve of corrosion current density was proposed and introduced into a corrosion-fatigue model. Based on the model, we extracted in situ wires from a tied-arch bridge for the corrosion-fatigue analysis. The surface profiles of the wires from midregion and the anchored region were measured. We found that the corrosions in the anchored region of the wires distribute more uniformly than those in the midregion due to the different contact patterns among wires. And the corrosion characteristics of salt spray–corroded wires are close to those of wires from the anchored region. The corrosion-fatigue simulations considering the effect of environments, loadings, and contact patterns of wires show that the failure modes of wires are greatly affected by loadings; the lifetimes of wires and cables are particularly sensitive to environmental corrosivity; and due to different contact patterns, the lifetimes of cables from the midregion are shorter than those from the anchored region by 30%. The research on corrosion fatigue of cables provides a rational basis for the operation and maintenance of cable-supported bridges.
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All data, models, or code that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Acknowledgments
This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China for Outstanding Young Scientists (Grant No. 52122801), Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scientists (Grant No. LR20E080003), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51978609 and 52208217).
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Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 149 • Issue 4 • April 2023
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Received: Jun 13, 2022
Accepted: Dec 7, 2022
Published online: Feb 6, 2023
Published in print: Apr 1, 2023
Discussion open until: Jul 6, 2023
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Analysis (by type)
- Bridge engineering
- Bridges
- Bridges (by type)
- Cable stayed bridges
- Cables
- Continuum mechanics
- Corrosion
- Deterioration
- Dynamic loads
- Dynamics (solid mechanics)
- Electrokinetics
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering mechanics
- Environmental engineering
- Equipment and machinery
- Failure analysis
- Failure loads
- Materials characterization
- Materials engineering
- Measurement (by type)
- Solid mechanics
- Static loads
- Statics (mechanics)
- Structural dynamics
- Structural engineering
- Time dependence
- Waste management
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