The development of fatigue design load ranges for cantilevered sign and signal support structures

Authors
Johns, KW Dexter, RJ
Citation
Kw. Johns et Rj. Dexter, The development of fatigue design load ranges for cantilevered sign and signal support structures, J WIND ENG, 77-8, 1998, pp. 315-326
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Mechanical Engineering
Journal title
JOURNAL OF WIND ENGINEERING AND INDUSTRIAL AERODYNAMICS
ISSN journal
01676105 → ACNP
Volume
77-8
Year of publication
1998
Pages
315 - 326
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-6105(199809/12)77-8:<315:TDOFDL>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
This paper documents and presents the procedure and findings that were empl oyed in the development of fatigue design load ranges for sign and signal s upport structures. Wind-tunnel tests and field observations, interpreted wi th dynamic finite element analysis, were used to develop the equivalent sta tic fatigue limit-state load ranges, which are induced by three wind-loadin g phenomena: galloping, natural wind gusts, and truck-induced wind gusts. ( C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.