Fatigue Assessment of Elderly Metallic Bridges
A special issue of Infrastructures (ISSN 2412-3811).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 4
Special Issue Editor
Interests: fatigue of metallic bridges; risk and reliability assessment; effects of climate change on infrastructures
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Dear Colleagues,
A considerable proportion of the metallic bridge infrastructure around the world is over 50 years old. This includes riveted and welded bridges that may have been designed with older design codes or without any code considerations. With ever-increasing passenger and freight traffic, this ageing bridge infrastructure needs to cope with the increased demand for higher capacity in terms of availability, axle loads, and speed. Due to increased frequency and magnitudes in loading, structures are expected to deteriorate faster. Hence, the need for the more accurate and reliable prediction of the fatigue damage accumulation rate and the remaining life of aged metallic bridges is ever more important. Improvements in the field of the fatigue assessment of metallic bridges will lead to the more effective use of limited and stretched resources and can reduce the rate of rehabilitation/repair or unwarranted early replacement, thus keeping the transport networks operating for longer periods without unnecessary disturbances.
In this Special Issue, novel contributions highlighting recent developments and advancements in the area of the fatigue analysis and assessment of metallic bridges are warmly invited. We seek the submission of high-quality original research and review articles focused on all aspects related to the fatigue of metallic bridges, including analytical, numerical, and experimental studies on riveted and/or welded bridges.
Topics covered in this Special Issue should be clearly linked to the context of bridge fatigue, including, but not limited to, the following:
- Advanced fatigue assessment methodologies;
- Fatigue analysis assisted by numerical modelling;
- Experimental fatigue studies on metallic bridges and components;
- Structural health monitoring for fatigue assessment;
- Case studies on fatigue damage cases on metallic bridges;
- Field measurements on existing bridges;
- Probabilistic/reliability-based fatigue assessment.
Dr. Boulent Imam
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- riveted bridges
- welded bridges
- fatigue
- numerical analysis
- experimental studies
- field measurements
- reliability assessment
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