About this ebook
This volume addresses the specific subject of fatigue, a subject not familiar to many engineers, but still relevant for proper and good design of numerous steel structures. It explains all issues related to the subject: Basis of fatigue design, reliability and various verification formats, determination of stresses and stress ranges, fatigue strength, application range and limitations. It contains detailed examples of applications of the concepts, computation methods and verifications.
About the author
Alain Nussbaumer is professor of steel construction (laboratory ICOM) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). He is a member of CEN TC 250-SC3 and chairman of the Swiss committee SIA 263 on steel structures. He is a member and the former chairman of the technical committee TC6 - Fatigue of ECCS.
Luis Borges is a structural engineer at BG Consulting Engineers Ltd., Lausanne. He holds a doctoral degree from EPFL in the domain of fatigue of tubular bridges and is a specialist for steel and steel-concrete composite structures. He is a member of the technical committee TC6 - Fatigue of ECCS.
Laurence Davaine is a senior engineer at France's national railway company (SNCF) and is a specialist for steel and steel-concrete composite bridges. She holds a doctoral degree from the French National school of Bridges and Roads (ENPC) in the domain of stability of plated girders for bridge applications. She is a member of the technical committee TC6 - Fatigue of ECCS.
Luis Borges is a structural engineer at BG Consulting Engineers Ltd., Lausanne. He holds a doctoral degree from EPFL in the domain of fatigue of tubular bridges and is a specialist for steel and steel-concrete composite structures. He is a member of the technical committee TC6 - Fatigue of ECCS.
Laurence Davaine is a senior engineer at France's national railway company (SNCF) and is a specialist for steel and steel-concrete composite bridges. She holds a doctoral degree from the French National school of Bridges and Roads (ENPC) in the domain of stability of plated girders for bridge applications. She is a member of the technical committee TC6 - Fatigue of ECCS.
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