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Precast Bent System for High Seismic Regions: Laboratory Tests of Column-to-Drilled Shaft Socket Connections

APPENDIX C: DAMAGE PROGESSION

Specimen DS-1

This photo shows flexural cracks on the precast column and shaft.

Figure 84. Photo. Specimen DS-1 - significant horizontal crack in cycle 4-1
(0.56/-0.75 percent drift).

This photo shows first significant spalling, which occurred in cycle 7-2.

Figure 85. Photo. Specimen DS-1 - first significant spalling occurred in the column
in cycle 7-2 (3.00/-3.14 percent drift).

As the column was cycled more, the damage in the plastic hinge region became more pronounced.

Figure 86. Photo. Specimen DS-1 - plastic hinge formed in the column in cycle 8-3
(4.60/-4.68 percent drift).

As the column was cycled more, the damage in the plastic hinge region became more pronounced.

Figure 87. Photo. Specimen DS-1 - first noticeable bar buckling in the column in cycle 9-3 (6.90/-6.81 percent drift).

This photo shows the fractured spiral on the north side of specimen DS-1.

Figure 88. Photo. Specimen DS-1 - first column spiral fractured in cycle 10-1
(8.43/-8.27 percent drift).

This photo shows the plastic hinge region of specimen DS-1 after cyclic testing.
This photo shows the cracks in the shaft of specimen DS-1. The damage is confined to the upper part of the shaft, where there is no shaft reinforcement.

Figure 89. Photos. Specimen DS-1 column damage after cyclic testing.

This photo shows flexural cracks on the precast column and shaft.

Figure 90. Photo. Specimen DS-1 shaft damage after cyclic testing.

Specimen DS-2

This photo shows flexural cracks on the precast column and shaft.

Figure 91. Photo. Specimen DS-2 - significant horizontal crack in cycle 4-2
(0.73/-0.87 percent drift).

This photo shows the first diagonal crack that occurred in cycle 6-2.

Figure 92. Photo. Specimen DS-2 - first diagonal crack in the shaft in cycle 6-2
(1.87/-2.02 percent drift).

As the column was cycled more, the damage in the shaft region became more pronounced. The photo was taken right after hearing the cracking sound of the shaft spiral in the top of the transition.

Figure 93. Photo. Specimen DS-2 - shaft damage when first shaft spiral fractured
in cycle 8-2 (4.59/-4.59 percent drift).

As the column was cycled more, the prying damage in the shaft became more pronounced.

Figure 94. Photo. Specimen DS-2 - first noticeable prying action in shaft
in cycle 9-2 (6.72/-6.83 percent drift).

This photo shows that the shaft was totally broken after testing.

Figure 95. Photos. Specimen DS-2 shaft damage after cyclic testing.

After testing, the column was picked up. The photo shows that the core of the column had suffered almost no damage.

Figure 96. Photo. Specimen DS-2 column damage after cyclic testing.

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