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Fatigue Life of Riveted Steel Bridges by Bjoern Akesson (Hardcover, 2010)

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Fatigue Life of Riveted Steel Bridges, Hardcover by Akesson, Bjorn, ISBN 0415876761, ISBN-13 9780415876766, Brand New, Free P&P in the UK Many old riveted railway bridges are replaced too soon due to a general lack of knowledge about their expected life span. This indicates the need for more information on fatigue and brittle fracture of riveted bridges. This book unveils extensive research and literature results on riveted bridge fatigue and shows how to properly evaluate fatigue when deciding on the future service life of a riveted railway bridge. It considers the level of stress ranges due to traffic, the effect of temperature and aging, loading histories, crack detection, loose rivets, other defects, and repair and strengthening.

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Many old riveted railway bridges are replaced too soon due to a general lack of knowledge about the expected life span. This indicates the need for more information on fatigue and brittle fracture of riveted bridges. This book unveils extensive research and literature results on riveted bridges' fatigue live and shows how to take fatigue properly into account when deciding about the future service life of a riveted railway bridge. It deals with the expected fatigue live, level of stress ranges by traffic, effect of temperature and ageing, loading histories, crack detection, loose rivets, other defects, repair and strengthening, providing proper instructions and more. Intended for structural, bridge and steel construction engineers.