Abstract:The junction of longitudinal rib and roof in steel bridge deck is one of the most serious fatigue control details. The use of new double-sided welding technology can effectively avoid the “crack like” defect in the traditional single-sided welding root position so as to achieve the purpose of improving the fatigue resistance of joint welds and changing the fatigue cracking control mode. To assess the double-side welding fatigue resistance and fatigue life of longitudinal rib and roof, the equivalent structural stress method is innovatively chosen to assess the fatigue performances at the position of welding toe and welding root. The results show that the equivalent structure stress method can be used to effectively assess the fatigue resistance at the position of welding toe and welding root, and has the advantages of grid insensitivity, high computational efficiency. Compared with the traditional single-sided welding, when the double-sided welding technology is adopted, the welding toe of the outer roof has replaced the welding root as the control part of fatigue cracking. Its fatigue performances are more excellent.