Study on fatigue performance of steel-AAUHPC composite bridge deck

LIU Bin; JIANG Lei; YUAN Min; LIU Yong-jian; PU Bei-chen

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LIU Bin, JIANG Lei, YUAN Min, LIU Yong-jian, PU Bei-chen. Study on fatigue performance of steel-AAUHPC composite bridge deck[J]. Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, 2025, 25(5): 263-277. doi: 10.19818/j.cnki.1671-1637.2025.05.018

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LIU Bin, JIANG Lei, YUAN Min, LIU Yong-jian, PU Bei-chen. Study on fatigue performance of steel-AAUHPC composite bridge deck[J]. Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, 2025, 25(5): 263-277. doi: 10.19818/j.cnki.1671-1637.2025.05.018

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Study on fatigue performance of steel-AAUHPC composite bridge deck

doi: 10.19818/j.cnki.1671-1637.2025.05.018

LIU Bin^{1, 2},
JIANG Lei^{1
,
,},
YUAN Min¹,
LIU Yong-jian^{1, 3},
PU Bei-chen²

1.
School of Highway, Chang'an University, Xi'an 710064, Shaanxi, China
2.
CSCEC AECOM Consultants Co., Ltd., Lanzhou 730030, Gansu, China
3.
School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400045, China

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National Natural Science Foundation of China 52478125

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities 300102213207

Construction Science and Technology Project of Department of Housing and Urban-rural Development of Gansu Province JK2023-39

Science and Technology Program of CSCEC AECOM Consultants Co., Ltd. XBSZKY2207

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Corresponding author: JIANG Lei (1990-), male, associate professor, PhD, jiangleichd@chd.edu.cn
Received Date: 2024-12-11
Accepted Date: 2025-08-22
Rev Recd Date: 2025-06-30
Publish Date: 2025-10-28

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Abstract

To improve the fatigue performance of orthotropic steel bridge decks and enhance the overall performance of steel-concrete composite bridge decks, alkali-activated ultra-high performance concrete (AAUHPC)—a material with green and low-carbon advantages, was applied over an orthotropic steel bridge deck to form a steel-AAUHPC composite bridge deck. Two types of stiffening ribs for the steel-AAUHPC composite bridge deck were designed: open T-ribs and closed U-ribs. Segment models of the two composite bridge decks were established using the finite element software ABAQUS to analyze their fatigue performance. The influence of different elastic moduli, different stiffening rib forms, different paving layer thicknesses, and different steel top plate thicknesses on the fatigue performance of five common types of structural details was studied. The fatigue performance of the composite bridge decks was evaluated using the S-N curve method. Analysis results show that both types of steel-AAUHPC composite bridge decks exhibit significantly improved fatigue performance compared to the conventional orthotropic steel bridge deck. In the deck with open T-ribs, the maximum stress reduction occurs at fatigue structural detail ①, with a magnitude of 75.66%, while the minimum reduction occurs at fatigue structural detail ③, with a magnitude of 42.88%. In the deck with closed U-ribs, the maximum reduction occurs at fatigue structural detail ④, with an amplitude of 68.49%, and the minimum reduction occurs at fatigue structural detail ⑤, with an amplitude of 26.92%. Increasing the AAUHPC layer thickness by 10 mm from the base 30 mm reduces the most unfavorable stress at each fatigue structural detail, following an approximately linear trend. When the steel top plate thickness is reduced from 18 to 16 and 14 mm, the most unfavorable stress of each fatigue increases at the structural detail in both types of composite bridge decks. In the closed U-rib composite bridge deck, the stress increase at fatigue structural detail ② is the largest, with values of 4.30 MPa and 9.20 MPa, respectively, while increases in the most unfavorable stresses at fatigue structural details ③, ④, and ⑤ are negligible. In the open T-rib composite bridge deck, the increase in the most unfavorable stress at fatigue structural detail ① is the largest, with values of 3.13 MPa and 4.08 MPa, respectively. Fatigue performance evaluation using the hot spot stress method shows that the stress amplitudes at each fatigue structural detail are below the corresponding fatigue cutoff limits.
- bridge engineering,
- steel-AAUHPC composite bridge deck,
- S-N curve,
- fatigue structural detail,
- fatigue performance evaluation,
- hot spot stress method

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