Rather than using stress concentration factors, I've produced an FEA model which nicely shows the concentration of stress that forms at the cope as predicted by bugbus.
Notes on the model:
- Complete stringer is modelled. Only the end web portion is shown in the below model outputs
- 4 stress...
Thank you bugbus, that is a good point that I had not considered. Is it correct to say that the stresses here are likely to be a higher fatigue risk due to stress concentration? For which the correction factor can be obtained from PD 6695-1-9, example excerpt below:
I assume the Detail...
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We are assisting the council with the rehabilitation of a ~80-year-old steel bridge. They have identified corrosion to one of the roadway stringer beams. The corrosion has resulted in substantial but localised steel thickness loss to the lower web and flange. The stringer beams are...
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I'm looking for inspiration on the Strand7 API to develop a business case for adopting the module at my work place. I work at a civil and infrastructure consulting engineering company who use Strand7 extensively. I think the company would...
