Fatigue Assessment of Highway Bridges under Traffic Loading Using Microscopic Traffic Simulation

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dc.contributor.authorZhao, Gengwen
dc.contributor.authorFu, Chung C.
dc.contributor.authorLu, Yang
dc.contributor.authorSaad, Timothy
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-21T20:19:52Z
dc.date.available2019-11-21T20:19:52Z
dc.date.issued2018-11-13
dc.descriptionPartial funding for Open Access provided by the UMD Libraries' Open Access Publishing Fund.
dc.description.abstractFatigue is a common failure mode of steel bridges induced by truck traffic. Despite the deterioration caused by environmental factors, the increasing truck traffic volume and weight pose a premier threat to steel highway bridges. Given the uncertainties of the complicated traffic loading and the complexity of the bridge structure, fatigue evaluation based on field measurements under actual traffic flow is recommended. As the quality and the quantity of the available long-term traffic monitoring data and information have been improved, methodologies have been developed to obtain more realistic vehicular live load traffic. A case study of a steel interstate highway bridge using microscopic traffic simulation is presented herein. The knowledge of actual traffic loading may reduce the uncertainty involved in the evaluation of the load-carrying capacity, estimation of the rate of deterioration, and prediction of remaining fatigue life. This chapter demonstrates a systematic approach using traffic simulation and bridge health monitoring-based fatigue assessment.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/lfu7-dn1o
dc.identifier.citationGengwen Zhao, Chung C. Fu, Yang Lu and Timothy Saad (November 13th 2018). Fatigue Assessment of Highway Bridges under Traffic Loading Using Microscopic Traffic Simulation [Online First], IntechOpen, DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.81520. Available from: https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/fatigue-assessment-of-highway-bridges-under-traffic-loading-using-microscopic-traffic-simulationen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/25288
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherIntechOpenen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtA. James Clark School of Engineeringen_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtCivil & Environmental Engineeringen_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_us
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, MD)en_us
dc.subjectfatigueen_US
dc.subjectfinite element modelingen_US
dc.subjecttruck traffic loadingen_US
dc.subjectmicroscopic traffic similationen_US
dc.subjectcross-frameen_US
dc.titleFatigue Assessment of Highway Bridges under Traffic Loading Using Microscopic Traffic Simulationen_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US

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