Failure of Steel Bridges due to Constraint Induced Fracture

Abstract:

This paper discusses issues related to the failure of steel bridge structures attributable to a certain type of fracture called Constraint Induced Fracture (CIF). It focuses on the causes of and factors associated with this phenomenon as it has been responsible for the failure of several bridges in the last dozen years. The strength aspects of the CIF phenomenon are analyzed using the example of the failure of the Hoan Bridge over the Milwaukee River in the US.

• Periodical: Solid State Phenomena (Volume 250)
• Pages: 61-68
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.250.61
• Online since: April 2016
• Authors: Paweł Grzegorz Kossakowski*
• Keywords: Bridges, Constraint Induced Fracture, Fracture, Structural Failure

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