Specimen Information
Name: Davey 1975, No. 2
Type: Spiral
Comments: Specimen had pier cap,eccentric vertical load
Reference: Davey, B.E., "Reinforced Concrete Bridge Piers Under Seismic Loading," Master of Engineering Report, Civil Engineering Department, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand, February 1975, 107 pages.
Material Properties
Concrete Strength:34.8 (MPa)
Transverse Steel:Yield Stress: 312 (MPa)
Longitudinal Steel:Yield Stress: 371 (MPa) Strength: 562 (MPa)
Geometry
Diameter: 500 (mm) Cross-Section: Octagonal
Length: L-Inflection: 1,750 (mm) L-Measured: 2,000 (mm)
Test Configuration:Cantilever with Hammer Head
Loading
Axial Load:380 (kN)
P-D:Feff provided
L-Bottom:0
Longitudinal Reinforcement
Diameter:18.4 (mm)
Number of Bars:20
Reinforcement Ratio:0.0257
Transverse Reinforcement
Diameter Spiral:6.5 (mm)
Hoop Spacing, Sv:65 (mm)
Cover to Center of Hoop Bar:20.2 (mm)
Reinforcement Ratio:0.44
Non-Dimensional Properties
Span-to-Depth Ratio:3.5
Axial Load Ratio:0.053
Test Results
Failure Type:Flexure
Damage Observation:Concrete Crushing: 61 (mm)
Significant Concrete Spalling: 61 (mm)
Long Bar Buckling: 82 (mm)
Long Bar Fracture: 0 (mm)
Spiral Fracture: 0 (mm)
Loss of Axial Load Capacity: 0 (mm)
Resources:Force-Displacement Hysteresis (graph)
Force Displacement Data (data)
Record Information
Version:1 (April 8, 2003)
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