Table of contents

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

SYMBOLOGY

TERMINOLOGY

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Basis of fatigue design in steel structures

1.2 Damage equivalent factor concept

1.3 Codes of Practice

1.4 Description of the structures used in the worked examples

2 APPLICATION RANGE AND LIMITATIONS

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Materials

2.3 Corrosion

2.4 Temperature

2.5 Loading rate

2.6 Limiting stress ranges

3 DETERMINATION OF STRESSES AND STRESS RANGES

3.1 Fatigue loads

3.2 Damage equivalent factors

3.3 Calculation of stresses

3.4 Modified nominal stresses and concentration factors

3.5 Geometric stresses (hot spot stresses)

3.6 Stresses in orthotropic decks

3.7 Calculation of stress ranges

3.8 Modified Nominal stress ranges

3.9 Geometric stress ranges

4 FATIGUE STRENGTH

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Fatigue detail tables

4.3 Determination of fatigue strength or life by testing

5 RELIABILITY AND VERIFICATION

5.1 Generalities

5.2 Strategies

5.3 Partial factors

5.4 Verification

6 BRITTLE FRACTURE

6.1 Introduction

6.2 Steel quality

6.3 Relationship between different fracture toughness test results

6.4 Fracture concept in EN 1993-1-10

6.5 Standardisation of choice of material: maximum allowable thicknesses

REFERENCES

ANNEX A STANDARDS FOR STEEL CONSTRUCTION

ANNEX B FATIGUE DETAIL TABLES WITH COMMENTARY

ANNEX C MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE THICKNESSES TABLES