Fatigue assessment of U-rib full penetration welded joints based on local methods

Performance of Rib-to-deck weld joint of an orthotropic steel deck through structural stress method

“…However, root cracking was less common than the toe cracking in the full-scale model testing in which a 16 mm thick deck plate was used. Wang et al [17] performed experimental and numerical studies based on local stress method on the fatigue assessment of doublesided full penetration weld with different deck plate thickness. The OSD model of length 300 mm and width 600 mm consisted of a U-rib of depth 280 mm.…”