Abstract

Fatigue crack is very dangerous for safely operating of steel structures. To estimate precisely fatigue life of bridge cranes, the randomness of lifted load and trolley’s position should be considered. Therefore, bi-probability fatigue life prediction method, namely load and position probability, is put forward based on the miner linear cumulative damage theory. Stress cycle spectrum is constructed based on real-time monitoring data by rainflow counting method. This method can successfully explain the existence of girder cracks in a typical bridge crane RMG, so it would provide valuable reference for maintenance decision of in-service cranes.

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