Effect of Temperature on the Fatigue Life Assessment of Suspension Bridge Steel Deck Welds under Dynamic Vehicle Loading

Table 3

Parameters of extreme temperature model.

Maximum temperature distribution model				Minimum temperature distribution model
	k 1	Α1	β 1		k 1	α 1	β 1
SP	−0.03	4.8	22.75	SP	−0.02	1.68	6.8
SM	−0.15	7.4	33.56	SM	−0.52	6.5	16.8
AU	−0.12	6.5	27	AU	−0.22	5.7	15.82
WI	−0.04	3.12	9.45	WI	−0.40	2.58	4.7