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AASHTO Concrete Fatigue

AASHTO Concrete Fatigue

AASHTO Concrete Fatigue

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I had previously only used the old 1992 AASHTO.  I understood the fatigue rules for concrete in that edition.  Fatigue was checked at service level stresses and that makes sense to me.

We recently got a copy of AASHTO 2010.  Our office does not design bridges, but occasionally come across a project where AASHTO is more appropriate in our minds than ACI-318.

The 2010 version doesn't explicitly state the concrete fatigue checks are for service level loads but I assume they are.  There is a 'Fatigue I' load combination that applies a factor of 1.5 to the live loads.  

My question is are the fatigue stresses checked at service load levels with the exception that you apply a 1.5 factor to the live loads (i.e. 1.0 factor on all sustained loads, 1.5 on the live/impact loads)?

Thanks

RE: AASHTO Concrete Fatigue

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My apologies for a dreaded double post.  I found the bridge forum after I posted it here, but now can not figure out how to remove my post in this forum.

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