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The fatigue safety of cable-girder anchorage structures in cable-stayed bridges under long-term service has attracted much attention. For bridges located in seasonally cold regions, the effect of low-temperature environments should be considered when evaluating fatigue performance. Using the Heilongjiang Bridge in China as a case study, a room-temperature fatigue test with a numerical simulation that considers the low-temperature effect on both load effect and fatigue resistance was proposed. A fatigue test with increased testing load amplitude was performed on a 1:3.75 ratio specimen. After 3.2 million loading cycles and using an acoustic emission technique, no fatigue crack was observed in the anchorage structure. The extended finite element method was then adopted to analyze the anchorage zone’s fatigue crack initiation position and propagation path. Finally, based on the fatigue characteristics of bridge steel, the fatigue resistance to the crack propagation of the vulnerable area was evaluated under three different service conditions. The results show that the fatigue performance of the anchorage zone at low temperatures is sufficient. Moreover, this paper provides a more widely applicable and cost-effective approach for the fatigue evaluation of steel bridges. © 2023 by the authors.
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Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
ISSN: 2076-3417
Year: 2023
Issue: 17
Volume: 13
2 . 7 0 0
JCR@2022
ESI Discipline: ENGINEERING;
ESI HC Threshold:19
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SCOPUS Cited Count: 3
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30 Days PV: 8
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