Abstract
A fatigue test data base of bolted and riveted joints is established using a personal computer. The data base of fatigue strength of bolted and riveted joints can be used for fatigue assessment of bridges in service and establishing maintenance plan. In order to express test conditions and fatigue strength, 49 items are input and 14 others are calculated from the input data. So far, 294 fatigue test data on bolted joints and 298 data on riveted joints have been collected from various sources. The factors affecting fatigue strength of bolted and riveted joints are investigated using application programs, and the data is compared with fatigue allowable stresses of current fatigue design code.
