Print Email Facebook Twitter Punching Capacity of Prestressed Concrete Bridge Decks Under Fatigue Title Punching Capacity of Prestressed Concrete Bridge Decks Under Fatigue Author Lantsoght, E.O.L. (TU Delft Concrete Structures; Universidad San Francisco de Quito; Adstren) van der Veen, C. (TU Delft Concrete Structures) Koekkoek, Rutger (BAM Infraconsult) Sliedrecht, Henk (Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment) Date 2019 Abstract Previous research showed that the capacity of existing slab-between-girder bridges is larger than expected based on the punching shear capacity prescribed by the governing codes, as a result of compressive membrane action. A first series of fatigue tests confirmed that compressive membrane action also acts under cycles of loading. However, a single experiment in which first a number of cycles with a higher load level and then with a lower load level were applied, seemed to indicate that this loading sequence shortens the fatigue life. This topic was further investigated in a second series of fatigue tests with three static tests and ten fatigue tests. The parameters that were varied are the sequence of loading and the effect of a single or a double wheel print. The results show that the sequence of load levels does not influence the fatigue life. Subject Bridge evaluationCompressive membrane actionConcrete bridgesFatigueFatigue testingLaboratory testingPrestressed concretePunching shear To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:df1b28bd-3adf-4151-aac2-8eaad0680c54 DOI https://doi.org/10.14359/51715563 ISSN 0889-3241 Source ACI Structural Journal, 116 (4), 209-218 Bibliographical note Accepted Author Manuscript Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2019 E.O.L. Lantsoght, C. van der Veen, Rutger Koekkoek, Henk Sliedrecht Files PDF punching_capacity_of_pres ... _11_15.pdf 1.33 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:df1b28bd-3adf-4151-aac2-8eaad0680c54/datastream/OBJ/view