TY - BOOK AU - Gurney,T.R. ED - Transport Research Laboratory (Great Britain) TI - Fatigue of steel bridge decks T2 - State-of-the-art review SN - 9780115511417 : U1 - 624.252 GUR PY - 1992/// PB - HMSO KW - Bridges, Steel plate deck KW - Metals KW - Fatigue KW - Transport industries KW - thema KW - Structural engineering KW - Bridges KW - Great Britain N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-160); 1.Introduction -- 2.Traffic loading -- 3.Stress distributions -- 4.Deck surfacing -- 5.Surfacing temperature -- 6.Fatigue tests on plate specimens -- 7.Trough to cross-beam connection -- 8.Trough to deck plate connection -- 9.Deck to plate connections -- 10.Splice joints in longitudinal stiffeners -- 11.Butt joints in the deck plate --12.Fatigue assessment N2 - Research on orthotropic steel bridge deck was carried out between 1963 and 1987, covering traffic usage, surfacing and fatigue. This work records details of the methods used to strengthen and repair cracks, presents experimental results and makes recommendations for fatigue classification ER -