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Author:   Alain Nussbaumer ,  Luis Borges ,  Laurence Davaine
Publisher:   Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH
Imprint:   Wilhelm Ernst & Sohn Verlag fur Architektur und technische Wissenschaften
Dimensions:   Width: 17.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.812kg
ISBN:  

9783433029817

ISBN 10:   3433029814
Pages:   334
Publication Date:   19 October 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

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PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS SYMBOLOGY TERMINOLOGY 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Basis of fatigue design in steel structures 1.2 Damage equivalent factor concept 1.3 Codes of Practice 1.4 Description of the structures used in the worked examples 2 APPLICATION RANGE AND LIMITATIONS 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Materials 2.3 Corrosion 2.4 Temperature 2.5 Loading rate 2.6 Limiting stress ranges 3 DETERMINATION OF STRESSES AND STRESS RANGES 3.1 Fatigue loads 3.2 Damage equivalent factors 3.3 Calculation of stresses 3.4 Modified nominal stresses and concentration factors 3.5 Geometric stresses (hot spot stresses) 3.6 Stresses in orthotropic decks 3.7 Calculation of stress ranges 3.8 Modified Nominal stress ranges 3.9 Geometric stress ranges 4 FATIGUE STRENGTH 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Fatigue detail tables 4.3 Determination of fatigue strength or life by testing 5 RELIABILITY AND VERIFICATION 5.1 Generalities 5.2 Strategies 5.3 Partial factors 5.4 Verification 6 BRITTLE FRACTURE 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Steel quality 6.3 Relationship between different fracture toughness test results 6.4 Fracture concept in EN 1993-1-10 6.5 Standardisation of choice of material: maximum allowable thicknesses REFERENCES ANNEX A STANDARDS FOR STEEL CONSTRUCTION ANNEX B FATIGUE DETAIL TABLES WITH COMMENTARY ANNEX C MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE THICKNESSES TABLES

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Alain Nussbaumer is professor of steel construction (laboratory ICOM) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). He is a member of CEN TC 250-SC3 and chairman of the Swiss committee SIA 263 on steel structures. He is a member and the former chairman of the technical committee TC6 - Fatigue of ECCS. Luis Borges is a structural engineer at BG Consulting Engineers Ltd., Lausanne. He holds a doctoral degree from EPFL in the domain of fatigue of tubular bridges and is a specialist for steel and steel-concrete composite structures. He is a member of the technical committee TC6 - Fatigue of ECCS. Laurence Davaine is a senior engineer at France's national railway company (SNCF) and is a specialist for steel and steel-concrete composite bridges. She holds a doctoral degree from the French National school of Bridges and Roads (ENPC) in the domain of stability of plated girders for bridge applications. She is a member of the technical committee TC6 - Fatigue of ECCS.

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