Finding the Optimum Methodology for Fatigue Assessment of an Internal Lifting Tool During Offshore Transport

Royal IHC B.V. is recognized in the dredging and offshore industry. It’s head office is situated in the Netherlands and with more than 3000 employees working from sites and offices all around the world, it is able to ensure its local presence on every continent. Nowadays a subsidiary company of Royal IHC, IHC IQIP is expanding the scope of its...

Improvements for the prediction of the fatigue life of the deck plate in orthotropic steel decks: A design optimization study

Fatigue is an important issue for orthotropic steel deck (OSD) bridges and therefore a design criterium. Cracks will initiate at several locations of the bridge deck. It is likely that a crack at the trough web to deck plate joint at the crossbeam will initiate first. This crack initiates at the weld root and propagates through the deck plate. A...