Technical Report Documentation Page
1. Report No. 2. 3. Recipients Accession No.
MN/RC-2006-07
4. Title and Subtitle 5. Report Date
March 2006
6.
Fatigue-Resistant Design for Overhead Signs, Mast-Arm SignalPoles, and Lighting Standards
7. Author(s) 8. Performing Organization Report No.
Justin M. Ocel, Robert J. Dexter, and Jerome F. Hajjar
9. Performing Organization Name and Address 10. Project/Task/Work Unit No.
11. Contract (C) or Grant (G) No.
University of MinnesotaDepartment of Civil Engineering500 Pillsbury Dr, SEMinneapolis, MN 55455-0116(c) 81655 (wo) 59
12. Sponsoring Organization Name and Address 13. Type of Report and Period Covered
Final Report
14. Sponsoring Agency Code
Minnesota Department of Transportation395 John Ireland Boulevard Mail Stop 330St. Paul, Minnesota 55155
15. Supplementary Notes
16. Abstract (Limit: 200 words)
Traffic signs and signals are often supported by flexible cantilevered structures that are susceptible to wind-inducedvibration and fatigue. The latest version of the design specifications published by the American Association of State Transportation Officials (AASHTO) now considers fatigue as a limit state. However, most of the fatigueclassifications for welded details were not based on full-scale testing, and are thought to be overly conservative.This research will address the fatigue resistance of two common mast arm-to-pole connections used in the state of Minnesota. The resistance attained experimentally aligned with current predictions using AASHTO procedures,except for in-plane loading of box connection details. As a consequence of specimen design, a variety of tube-to-transverse plate connections were also tested using multi-sided tube cross-sections with different tube diameters,tube thicknesses, as well as base plate thicknesses. The standard tube-to-transverse plate connection exhibitedCategory K
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resistance, two categories lower than the E’ specified by AASHTO. This resistance was enhanced toCategory E’ through impact treatment or Category E by doubling the base plate thickness. Gusset plates could notprevent cracking of the tube at the base plate, but the tips of the gusset plate exhibited Category E resistance.
17. Document Analysis/Descriptors 18. Availability Statement
FatigueSocket ConnectionTraffic StructureTubularBox ConnectionNo restrictions. Document available from:National Technical Information Services,Springfield, Virginia 22161
19. Security Class (this report) 20. Security Class (this page) 21. No. of Pages 22. Price
Unclassified Unclassified 190
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