Causes and Retrofits of Fatigue Cracking in the Braced Truss of Steel Box-Girder Longitudinal Diaphragms on a Cable-Stayed Bridge
A finite element model of steel box girder with angle steel and round pipe braced trusses, which matched the construction details of the Sutong Yangtze River Bridge, was created to investigate the causes of cracks in braced trusses of longitudinal diaphragms.