Development of Brazilian highway live load model for unlimited fatigue life

Abstract This work studies the fatigue live load model used in Brazil for highway bridges. Using the unlimited fatigue life approach, the current live load model is evaluated in relation to the actual traffic and a new fatigue live load model is proposed. Weigh-in-motion (WIM) stations data on two i...

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Main Authors: Anselmo Leal Carneiro, Enson de Lima Portela, Túlio Nogueira Bittencourt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro do Concreto (IBRACON) 2020-08-01
Series:Revista IBRACON de Estruturas e Materiais
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1983-41952020000400213&tlng=en