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Performance Test Development of Bridge Expansion Joint 年六 PERFORMANCE TEST DEVELOPMENT OF BRIDGE EXPANSION JOINT Lai, Shang-Hsien1, Ling, Feng-Sheng2 1 Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, De Lin Institute of Technology 2 Associated Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, De Lin Institute of Technology Abstract To improve the increasing traffic flow, the engineer prefers to detour the urban area and link the cities by the bridge or viaduct system. Therefore, the expansion joint would place cover the brid ge gap to compensate the length variation due to temperature change, concrete shrinkage and prestressed creep. Also, the joint systems and their service conditions will govern the magnitude of noise and impact force while the vehicle crossing. After the joint sustains millions of vehicle loads, some fatigue cr acks appear on the weak points, due to the crack length keep increasing, the decreasing net section would yield overstress and rupture drastically. Many researches reveal that the joint failures are mostly imputed to overloading, improper system and poor installation. Besides, the joint repairing is not only arduous work also cost enormously on the traffic piling, while taking out the broken joint and replace the new one. In order to prolong the expansion joint life span, the expansion joint must own the good fatigue performance and well durability. In this article, a comparison among the different types of expansion joint would be made. Thru the studying on joint failure resource, the authors would introduce how to evaluate the joint performance from filed measurement to laboratory testing, furthermore, the recent test development have been summarized. Keywords: expansion joint evaluation, modular e