Analysis for Stress Characteristics and Structural Parameters Optimization in Orthotropic Steel Box Girders based on Fatigue Performance

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

A fatigue design method for the orthotropic steel deck bridges is proposed. The stress characteristics of welded details are analyzed using the finite element method. Based on the fatigue performance, the structural parameters of the orthotropic steel decks (OSDs) are optimized using the combination BP (back propagation) neural network and genetic algorithms (GA). The calculated results demonstrate that the weld stresses at the deck plate-to-rib, deck plate-to-rib-to-diaphragm welded details are mainly bending stress while those at the rib-to-rib welded details are mainly membrane stress. The fatigue stress of each weld is deeply affected by the transverse and longitudinal direction positions. The local effect of stress distribution of all welded details is remarkable. The calculated results obtained using the proposed model are in good agreement with those obtained using ANSYS and the errors are within 5%. The optimal structural results are highly influenced by the applied wheel loadings, while the optimal results for the deck thickness and the U-rib opening size are highly influenced by temperature. Especially on the ordinary lane, temperature has a great effect on the fatigue performance for all welded details.

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