Effects of Realistic Heat Straightening Repair on the Properties and Serviceability of Damaged Steel Beam Bridges
Author: Amit Varma
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Published: 2013-10-31
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ISBN-13: 9781622602735
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Amit Varma
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Published: 2013-10-31
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ISBN-13: 9781622602735
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Matthew Lackowski
Publisher: Purdue University Press
Published: 2007-01-01
Total Pages: 78
ISBN-13: 9781622601134
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Significant research has been conducted on the development of: (1) heat straightening repair techniques and their field implementation, (2) guidelines and recommendations for heat straightening repair, (3) empirical procedures for estimating plastic rotations achieved during heat straightening, (4) empirical procedures for predicting residual stresses caused by heat straightening, and (5) the effects of heat straightening on the structural properties of repaired bridges. Currently, there is a need for additional research on: (a) the fatigue performance of heat straightened beams, (b) the effects of single and multiple heat straightening on the fracture toughness and microstructure of steel beams, (c) the development of guidelines for evaluating and replacing steel beams subjected to single or multiple damage-repairs, and (d) investigating the effects of realistic heat straightening with imperfections on the properties and serviceability of steel beam bridges. The literature review of existing heat treatments indicates that heat straightening with maximum temperature limited to 1200 F is relatively similar to the process annealing heat treatment. Heat straightening with maximum temperature limited to 1400oF is similar to the normalizing annealing heat treatment. Both these heat treatments repair plastically deformed microstructure by the phenomenon known as recovery and recrystallization. Normalizing annealing is more efficient and faster than process annealing in repairing the plastically deformed microstructure by recrystallization. Heat treatment and repair of the material microstructure is incidental to the heat straightening repair process. The heat straightened beam can be further heat treated to complete the repair of the material microstructure (recrystallization etc.). The practical and economic feasibility of additional heat treatment using electrically powered and controlled radiant heaters was evaluated and found to be reasonable.
Author: Robert J. Connor
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13: 0309099374
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →TRB¿s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 604: Heat-Straightening Repair of Damaged Steel Bridge Girders: Fatigue and Fracture Performance explores limits, based on fatigue and fracture performance, on the number of damage and repair cycles to which damaged steel bridge girders may be subjected using the heat-straightening procedure.
Author: Amit Hariom Varma
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Published: 2004
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The effects of multiple damage-heat straightening repair events on the structural properties and fracture toughness of A36, A588, and A7 bridge steels were investigated experimentally. The damage and repair parameters included in the project are: (i) the damage strain, (ii) the restraining stress, (iii) the number of damage-repair cycles, and (iv) the maximum heating temperature. Extensive laboratory-scale and large-scale tests were conducted to evaluate the effects of these parameters on the structural properties including: (a) elastic modulus, (b) yield stress, (c) ultimate stress, (d) % elongation, (e) surface hardness, (f) fracture toughness, and (g) microstructure. Ninety-one laboratory-scale specimens, and six large-scale beam specimens made from A36, A588, and A7 steel were tested.
Author: D Federal Highway Administration (Fhwa)
Publisher: Scholar's Choice
Published: 2015-02-15
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9781298042941
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Author: George O. Shanafelt
Publisher: Transportation Research Board National Research
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 76
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Paul Franklin Robinson
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Published: 1991
Total Pages: 510
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