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Fatigue Definition

Fatigue Definition: Reduced material resistance under fluctuating stresses or reversals. The tendency of a member to fail at stress levels below yield stress when subject to cyclical loading

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Fatigue Definition

Fatigue Definition: Reduced material resistance under fluctuating stresses or reversals. The tendency of a member to fail at stress levels below yield stress when subject to cyclical loading

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Fatigue Definition

Reduced material resistance under


fluctuating stresses or reversals,
which may culminate in cracks or
failure after a number of cycles.
Fatigue is the tendency of a member
to fail at stress levels below yield
stress when subject to cyclical
loading (Truck loading)

Stress Strain Curve


Add stress strain curve

Three Stages of Fatigue


Failure
1. Crack Initiation

Initiation from a point of high stress concentration.


Stress concentration can result from weld flaws, outof-plane distortion, fabrication details or fatigue prone
details

Three Stages of Fatigue


Failure
2. Stable Crack Propagation

Crack continues to grow under cyclic loading until it


reaches critical size.

Three Stages of Fatigue


Failure
3. Fracture

When the crack propagates to the critical size fracture will


occur.

Fatigue Design Parameters


Number of Cycles (75 year life) 4 considerations
100,000
500,000
2,000,000
Over 2,000,000
Number of cycles depends on road classification (AASHTO)
Case I more than 2500 ADTT (average daily truck traffic)
Case II less than 2500 ADTT
Stress Range (thru analysis)
Differences in maximum and minimum live load stresses
Allowable stress range based on number of cycles and
detail type
Note lane loading is less severe than truck loading (single
truck load is the load that causes the worst fatigue
condition)

Stress Range
Live Load Stress Range
Fatigue is only considered for tension or stress
reversal situation.
Tensile portion of stress cycle drives or
propagates the fatigue crack, no matter how
small the tension component
No test specimen lost their load-carrying capacity
as a result of compression cracks

Fatigue Design Parameters


Fatigue Detail Types (AASHTO)
Assignment of Stress Categories for various details
Redundancy
Different allowable for non-redundant and redundant
members
Test were made to determine allowable stress range for
various details and plotted against number of cycles
Allowable Stress v. number of cycles S-N Curves
If computed stress range is less than the allowable stress
range = infinite life for the detail

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