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Monitoring of Crack Flank Movement in a Steel Orthotropic Deck Cover

Monitoring of Crack Flank Movement in a Steel Orthotropic Deck

Open Access
|Mar 2026

Figures & Tables

Figure 1:

Detail of the bridge cross-section and position of vehicles in the outer traffic lane

Figure 2:

Crack in the weld between the longitudinal stiffener and the deck plate

Figure 3:

Crack in the weld between the longitudinal stiffener and the crossbeam

Figure 4:

Crack in the weld at the longitudinal stiffener splice

Figure 5:

LVDT placement at Section 27 - vertical and horizontal

Figure 6:

Measured displacement of crack flanks - Case 1, Scenario 1

Figure 7:

Vehicle positions relative to the edge line – Case 1

Figure 8:

Measured displacement of crack flanks - Case 1, Scenario 2

Figure 9:

Measured displacement of crack flanks - Case 2, Scenario 3

Figure 10:

LVDT placement at Section 84 - horizontal

Figure 11:

Measured displacement of crack flanks - Case 3, Scenario 4

Vertical and horizontal displacements - Case 2, Scenario 3

LoadCar axleDisplacement [mm]
VerticalHorizontal
Bus RegioFront0.0130.016
Rear 10.0130.016
Rear 20.0160.019

Horizontal displacements - Case 3, Scenario 4

LoadCar axleHorizontal displacement [mm]
Car 1Front0
Rear0
Car 2Front0
Rear0
Bus SORFront−0.028
Middle−0.025
Rear−0.044
Car 3Front0
Rear0

Vertical and horizontal displacements - Case 1, Scenario 1

LoadCar axleDisplacement [mm]
VerticalHorizontal
Bus RegioFront0.1160.1131
Rear 10.23750.194
Rear 20.1410.153
Car 1Front0.041−0.009
Rear0.044−0.009
Car 2Front0.006−0.022
Rear0.006−0.019
Car 3Front0.0470.013
Rear0.0380.013

Vertical and horizontal displacements - Case 1, Scenario 2

LoadCar AxleDisplacement [mm]
VerticalHorizontal
Bus SOR 1Front0.0720.094
Middle0.0970.084
Rear0.2410.172
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cee-2026-0048 | Journal eISSN: 2199-6512 | Journal ISSN: 1336-5835
Language: English
Page range: 448 - 460
Submitted on: Aug 15, 2025
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Accepted on: Sep 30, 2025
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Published on: Mar 24, 2026
Published by: University of Žilina
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

© 2026 Rudolf Ároch, Tomáš Klas, Ján Brodniansky, published by University of Žilina
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.