Specimen Information
Name: Kowalsky et al. 1996, FL2
Type: Spiral
Comments: lightweight concrete
Reference: Kowalsky, M.J.; Priestley, M.J.N.; and Seible, F, "Shear and Flexural Behavior of Lightweight Concrete Bridge Columns in Seismic Regions," American Concrete Institute, ACI Structural Journal, Vol. 96, No. 1, January-February 1999, pp. 136-148.
Material Properties
Concrete Strength:40 (MPa)
Transverse Steel:Yield Stress: 437 (MPa)
Longitudinal Steel:Yield Stress: 477 (MPa) Strength: 0 (MPa)
Geometry
Diameter: 457 (mm) Cross-Section: Circular
Length: L-Inflection: 3,656 (mm) L-Measured: 3,656 (mm)
Test Configuration:Cantilever
Loading
Axial Load:1,780 (kN)
P-D:Feff provided
L-Bottom:0
Longitudinal Reinforcement
Diameter:15.9 (mm)
Number of Bars:30
Reinforcement Ratio:0.0362
Transverse Reinforcement
Diameter Spiral:6.4 (mm)
Hoop Spacing, Sv:51 (mm)
Cover to Center of Hoop Bar:30.2 (mm)
Reinforcement Ratio:0.6
Non-Dimensional Properties
Span-to-Depth Ratio:8
Axial Load Ratio:0.271
Test Results
Failure Type:Flexure
Damage Observation:Concrete Crushing: 70 (mm)
Significant Concrete Spalling: 70 (mm)
Long Bar Buckling: 210 (mm)
Long Bar Fracture: 0 (mm)
Spiral Fracture: 210 (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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