Book Description
This document provides simple-to-follow guidelines for the maintenance actions to address fatigue cracking as well as details at risk of constraint-induced fracture (CIF) in steel bridges. It is a synthesis of best practices from published literature, project reports, and past and ongoing research projects, as well as input from industry professionals. Intended to be a very practical reference text, it is written with everyone in mind, from a maintenance contractor to an asset manager or design engineer, providing detailed descriptions of the driving causes of fatigue cracking and CIF in steel bridges and accepted methods for repair or retrofit. --From AASHTO website