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Table 4 Strains in fatigued and non-fatigued bridges during post-fatigue loading to failure

From: Fatigue performance of ECC link slab incorporated full RC girder joint-free bridges

Designation

Link slab mid-span strains at ultimate load (microstrain)

RC deck girder mid-span strains at ultimate load (microstrain)

ECC top surface (rs, total)

Steel rebar (rs, total)

ECC bottom surface (rs, total)

SCC deck top surface (rs, total)

Deck steel rebar (rs, total)

Girder bottom rebar (rs, total)

B0N

44

1480

-1003

-697 (n/a, n/a)

325 (n/a, n/a)

*2000 (n/a, n/a)

B4H

980 (46, 1026)

671 (3504, 4175)

-508 (-379, -887)

-1160 (-190, -1350)

600 (225, 825)

*2000 (269, 2269)

  1. B0N Non-fatigued, B4H 40±10% fatigue stress level for 1,000,000 cycles, rs Residual strain at unloading to zero load, total total strain at ultimate load during post-fatigue loading, n/a Not applicable
  2. *yielded (failure due to yielding of RC girder