Research Article

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

Table 6

Calculation results of SIF under different EMC.

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

1.00×10528148.9%26449.5%24121.0%
1.30×10526851.3%25251.8%23722.3%
1.60×10526052.7%24453.3%23323.6%
1.90×10525453.8%23754.7%23024.6%
2.20×10524755.1%23056.0%22725.6%
2.50×10524355.8%22257.6%22526.2%