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CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS
Volume 227, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.116800
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Iron-based shape memory alloy (Fe-SMA); High-cycle fatigue (HCF); Steel bridge connection; Prestressed strengthening; Fatigue crack
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- Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), Winterthur, Switzerland
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Smart iron-based shape memory alloys (Fe-SMAs) are used in this study to retrofit fatigue-cracked riveted connections in steel bridges. The prestressed strengthening technique is found to be an effective approach to overcome fatigue-related damage in riveted connections. Because of the property of Fe-SMAs known as shape memory effect, these alloys can be prestressed without difficulty. The activated (i.e., prestressed) Fe-SMA strips (two 50-mm wide x 1.5-mm thick) are anchored to the flanges of a steel I-beam in either side of the connection. Thereafter, a test setup is specifically designed to examine the SMA-strengthened cracked double-angle connections. First, a static test is performed on the unstrengthened connection without any crack. Subsequently, two high-cycle fatigue (HCF) tests are conducted on a pre-cracked connection. The pre-cracked connection with no strengthening is subjected to fatigue loading with a load ratio of R = 0.1. After practically N = 2 x 10(6) loading cycles, the crack propagates up to 50% of the connection depth, whereas the fatigue crack growth rate gradually decreases because of the reduction in connection rigidity. Finally, the SMA-strengthened connection is subjected to the HCF loading. It is observed that the fatigue life is substantially enhanced, and the fatigue crack is arrested by the activated Fe-SMA strips. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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