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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Hopwood II, T. | Jendrzejewski, J. | Hartmann, J.
Affiliations: University of Kentucky; Kentucky Transportation Center, Lexington, Kentucky, USA | IMR Metallurgical Services, Louisville, Kentucky, USA | FHWA Turner–Fairbank Highway Research Center, McLean, Virginia, USA
Note: [] Corresponding author. Email: thopwood@engr.uky.edu
Abstract: Failure analyses of cracked splice plates made from ASTM A514 quenched and tempered steel revealed that the steel was inadequately tempered, resulting in an excessively hardened, brittle defective steel. Consequently, this steel was also susceptible to stress corrosion cracking/hydrogen stress cracking (SCC/HSC). The I-275 twin bridges contained large quantities of A514 steel that needed testing to identify any remaining defective steel. A test plan was developed that incorporated hardness testing to discriminate between acceptable and the defective A514 steels. The plan incorporated the use of the ultrasonic contact impedance and impact hardness test methods. Field hardness testing was conducted over a 10-week period beginning in October 2008. During the testing, two additional cracked splice plates were discovered that contained defective A514 steel. The hardness test methods were successfully used to identify 14 defective A514 steel plates on the two bridges.
Keywords: bridges, Charpy testing, fracture, hardness testing, hydrogen stress cracking, impact testing, quenched & tempered steel, stress corrosion testing, ultrasonic hardness testing
DOI: 10.1080/15732480903142542
Journal: Bridge Structures, vol. 5, no. 2, 3, pp. 63-73, 2009
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