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On the fatigue and fracture of site splice welds at the River Mardle Viaduct

On the fatigue and fracture of site splice welds at the River Mardle Viaduct
On the fatigue and fracture of site splice welds at the River Mardle Viaduct
The River Mardle Viaduct is a curved, twin box girder bridge, spanning a total length of 177 m. Four continuous
spans carry the A38 trunk road over the River Mardle and Old Totnes Road. The bridge forms an important part of
the heavy load network in and out of the tourist areas of Devon and Cornwall. In September 2001, an initial inspection
of the site splice welds joining the box girders detected a series of large imperfections. These weld defects were confirmed by a further independent inspection 6 months later and the results subsequently analysed using detailed fracture mechanics. The results of the fatigue analysis and the implications to the structural integrity of the bridge are discussed in this paper.
bridge failures, weld defects, fatigue strength, box girder, site splice
1350-6307
593-604
Clubley, S.K.
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Winter, S.N.
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Clubley, S.K.
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Winter, S.N.
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Clubley, S.K. and Winter, S.N. (2003) On the fatigue and fracture of site splice welds at the River Mardle Viaduct. Engineering Failure Analysis, 10 (5), 593-604. (doi:10.1016/S1350-6307(03)00022-0).

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The River Mardle Viaduct is a curved, twin box girder bridge, spanning a total length of 177 m. Four continuous
spans carry the A38 trunk road over the River Mardle and Old Totnes Road. The bridge forms an important part of
the heavy load network in and out of the tourist areas of Devon and Cornwall. In September 2001, an initial inspection
of the site splice welds joining the box girders detected a series of large imperfections. These weld defects were confirmed by a further independent inspection 6 months later and the results subsequently analysed using detailed fracture mechanics. The results of the fatigue analysis and the implications to the structural integrity of the bridge are discussed in this paper.

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e-pub ahead of print date: 5 April 2003
Published date: October 2003
Keywords: bridge failures, weld defects, fatigue strength, box girder, site splice
Organisations: Infrastructure Group

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Local EPrints ID: 340964
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/340964
ISSN: 1350-6307
PURE UUID: 52aa3d1e-47de-488b-bdde-762e28f640cc
ORCID for S.K. Clubley: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-3779-242X

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Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 11:32

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Author: S.K. Clubley ORCID iD
Author: S.N. Winter

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