Research Article

Fatigue Performance of CFRP-Strengthened Rib-to-Diaphragm Welded Details of Orthotropic Steel Decks: Experimental and Numerical Evaluation

Table 5

Calculation results of SIF under different EMG.

EMG (MPa)Point APoint BPoint B
SIFReducing rateSIFReducing rateSIFReducing rate

1.0×10341424.7%38626.2%26214.1%
2.0×10335735.1%33535.9%24918.4%
3.0×10331742.4%29443.8%24021.3%
4.0×10328248.7%26549.3%23423.3%
5.0×10326352.2%23854.5%22825.2%
6.0×10324355.8%22257.6%22526.2%