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HBM04 Photographic Chronology
8/10/2010
Supported by the NSF under Grant No. CMMI-0830331 through NEES.
Participants include the University of California, Berkeley (lead institution), University of Buffalo-SUNY, University of California, Davis, University of California, San Diego, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, and the Consortium of Universities for Research in Earthquake Engineering. This project utilizes the NEES equipment site at the University of California, Davis. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.
H. B. MASON, N. W. TROMBETTA, S. M. GILLE, J. N. LUND, J. D. ZUPAN, K. C. JONES, H. PUANGNAK, C. BOLISETTI, J. D. BRAY, T. C. HUTCHINSON, G. L. FIEGEL, B. L. KUTTER, A. S. WHITTAKER
Model Construction
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Structural Assembly
Pluviation
Date: June 8, 2010 – June 11, 2010Location: UC DavisDescription: MS1F_SF80 structure assembled with strain gages and checkered mass.
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Structural AssemblyModel Construction
Date: June 8, 2010 – June 11, 2010Location: UC Davis Description: Mass-beam connection with nuts as spacers between the two components to ensure separate movement characteristics.
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Structural AssemblyModel Construction
Date: June 8, 2010 – June 11, 2010Location: UC Davis Description: East face of MS1F_SF80 showing the bundling of the strain gage wires.
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Structural AssemblyModel Construction
Date: June 8, 2010 – June 11, 2010Location: UC Davis Description: West face of MS3F showing the checkered pattern used to help differentiate movement through the cameras.
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Structural AssemblyModel Construction
Date: June 16, 2010Location: UC Davis Description: Calibrating the LPs
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Structural AssemblyModel Construction
Date: June 17, 2010Location: UC Davis Description: Drilling (Left) and tapping (right) the MS1F_SF80 footings to install horizontal and vertical flags for the LPs.
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Structural AssemblyModel Construction
Date: June 17, 2010Location: UC Davis Description: Flag design created for the vertical LPs and accelerometers (Left), ICP accelerometer attached to the vertical flag.
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Structural AssemblyModel Construction
Date: June 17, 2010Location: UC Davis Description: Spray painting the MS1F_SF80 footings black to reduce glare from the cameras during testing.
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Structural AssemblyModel Construction
Date: June 18, 2010Location: UC Davis Description: Applying sand to the footings of every structure to create a realistic interaction between the soil and structures.Back
Structural AssemblyModel Construction
Date: June 21, 2010Location: UC Davis Description: Shear wall with all of the ICP and MEMS accelerometers attached (Left), accelerometers secured to the structure and ready for placement into the box.Back
Structural AssemblyModel Construction
Date: June 8, 2010 – June 11, 2010Location: UC Davis Description: Calibrating the pluviator to reach a relative density of 80%.
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PluviationModel Construction
Date: June 8, 2010 – June 11, 2010Location: UC Davis Description: Pluviating the first lift of sand.
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PluviationModel Construction
Date: June 14, 2010Location: UC Davis Description: Checking the elevation of the vacuumed sand layer.
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PluviationModel Construction
Date: June 15, 2010Location: UC Davis Description: Vacuuming the soil surface to create a constant elevation.
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PluviationModel Construction
Date: June 16, 2010Location: UC Davis Description: Placing the vertical flag for a soil LP
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PluviationModel Construction
Date: June 17, 2010Location: UC Davis Description: Placing the Pancake (Left), and ICP (Right) soil accelerometers at 120 mm layer
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PluviationModel Construction
Date: June 18, 2010Location: UC Davis Description: Leveling the soil to the shear wall elevation.Back
PluviationModel Construction
Date: June 21, 2010Location: UC Davis Description: Placing the shear wall structure in the box (Left), shear wall final placement in the box (Right).
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PluviationModel Construction
Date: June 22, 2010Location: UC Davis Description: Final placement of all three structures.
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PluviationModel Construction
Date: June 22, 2010Location: UC Davis Description: Organizing the instrumentation wires on top of the structures for the next lift of sand.
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PluviationModel Construction
Date: June 22, 2010Location: UC Davis Description: Organizing the instrumentation wires and routing them to the side of the box for the next lift of sand.
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PluviationModel Construction
Date: June 22, 2010Location: UC Davis Description: Separation distance between the shear wall and south structure.
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PluviationModel Construction
Date: June 23, 2010Location: UC Davis Description: Pluviating the 63 mm level.
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PluviationModel Construction
Date: June 23, 2010Location: UC Davis Description: Vacuuming to the 63 mm level.
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PluviationModel Construction
Date: June 23, 2010Location: UC Davis Description: Location of soil accelerometers at the 63 mm level.
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PluviationModel Construction
Date: June 23, 2010Location: UC Davis Description: Model with the final elevation of soil.
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PluviationModel Construction
