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To investigate the fracture behaviour of these repaired girders, parametric finite element analysis was conducted, focusing on the mechanical feature and stress intensity factor of crack stop-hole in this paper. The numerical model was verified against experimental results first, and then the stress characteristics due to the presence of crack open-hole were analysed. It was found that the moderate-sized open-hole was more effective than the over-sized open-hole in the reduction of stress concentration. For the model with prestressed crack stop-hole through bolt preloading, the stress concentration was nearly 50% with the prestress around open-hole increased to 46 MPa, but such a reduction is inconspicuous for even higher prestress. Relatively high circumferential stress gradients and the crack open angle of oversized crack stop-holes were decreased owing to additional prestress effects from the gasket. Finally, the shift from the original tensile area around the edge of the crack open-hole that was prone to fatigue cracking to a compression-oriented area is beneficial for the reduction of stress intensity factor of the prestressed crack stop-holes. It was also demonstrated that the enlargement of crack open-hole has limited influence on the reduction of stress intensity factor and crack propagation. 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