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Publication Number:  FHWA-HRT-17-020    Date:  February 2017
Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-17-020
Date: February 2017

 

Optimization of Rib-to-Deck Welds for Steel Orthotropic Bridge Decks

APPENDIX A. SECTIONING OF PANELS INTO SPECIMENS

Figure 49 through figure 62 in this appendix show how individual panels were cut into specimens for the first series of panels that were machined at TFHRC. In the later stages of the project, the fabricator was paid to section the panels with a bandsaw, and it is presumed that specimens were ordered sequentially along the length of the panel.

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Figure 49. Illustration. GM8 series panel.

 

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Figure 50. Illustration. SA8 series panel.

 

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Figure 51. Illustration. SA6 series panel.

 

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Figure 52. Illustration. SA4 series panel.

 

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Figure 53. Illustration. SA2 series panel.

 

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Figure 54. Illustration. FIL series panel.

 

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Figure 55. Illustration. LP1 series panel.

 

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Figure 56. Illustration. LP2 series panel.

 

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Figure 57. Illustration. LP3 series panel.

 

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Figure 58. Illustration. OB series panel.

 

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Figure 59. Illustration. UB series panel.

 

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Figure 60. Illustration. OG1 series panel.

 

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Figure 61. Illustration. OG2 series panel.

 

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Figure 62. Illustration. W series panel.

 

 

 

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