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Fatigue Life of Riveted Steel Bridges
Fatigue Life of Riveted
Steel Bridges
Björn Åkesson
Consulting Engineer,Fagersta,Sweden
Cover photo: The old riveted railway bridge over the river Klarälven at Dejefors, Sweden.
Span length: 80 m.
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Åkesson, B. (Björn)
Fatigue life of riveted steel bridges / Björn Åkesson.
p. cm.
Originally presented as the author’s thesis (doctoral)–Chalmers University of Technology,
, Sweden, 1994, under title: Fatigue life of riveted railway bridges.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-415-87676-6 (hardcover : alk. paper) – ISBN 978-0-203-84776-3 (e-book)
1. Railroad bridges. 2. Railroad bridges–Reliability. 3. Riveted joints–Testing.
4. Steel–Fatigue. I. Title.
2010


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ISBN: 978-0-415-87676-6 (Hbk)
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