High Frequency Mechanical Impact Treatment - Recommendations for the design of welded details in road and railway bridges
Report, 2024
The bridge industry has shown a great interest in utilizing the benefits of HFMI-treatment both in the design of new bridges and for the purpose of fatigue life extension of existing ones. The aim of this document is to facilitate and support a safe application of HFMI treatment on steel and composite road and railway bridges. The design method outlined in this guidelines document is compatible with the rules stipulated in Annex F of the upcoming (updated) version of EN 1993-1-9. As such, the following limitations are adopted:
Author
Mohammad Al-Emrani
Chalmers University of Technology
LifeExt - Livslängdsförlängning för befintliga stålbroar
VINNOVA (2017-02670), 2017-06-08 -- 2019-12-31.
Swedish Transport Administration (TRV 2018/27547), 2018-05-15 -- 2020-11-30.
Rekomendationer för HFMI-behandling av stålbroar - utveckling av dimensioneringsmetoder och tekniska kravspecifikationer
Swedish Transport Administration (TRV 2020-68167), 2020-07-01 -- 2022-06-30.
Subject Categories
Infrastructure Engineering
Publisher
Civil and Environmental Engineering