1. Home
  2. Items
  3. Fracture In Reinforcing Steel (Equipment failures)
IMAGE

Fracture In Reinforcing Steel (Equipment failures) Item Info

Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Concrete Laboratory, Ephrata, Washington. View shows fracture area of reinforcing steel specimens tested in laboratory tensile machine. The two-inch square butt-welded specimens, machined to 1 1/2 inches diameter before testing, due to limited capacity of tensile machine, show breaks both in weld and outside weld. Note slag pocket in specimens at left. Specimens on right broke outside weld and reduced end area was caused by necking of bar at break. H.E. Foss, photographer
Click to view full screen
View on Timeline View on Map Download JPEG
Title:
Fracture In Reinforcing Steel (Equipment failures)
Creator:
Foss, H.E.
Date Created:
1949-06-28
Description:
Columbia Basin Project, Irrigation Division, Concrete Laboratory, Ephrata, Washington. View shows fracture area of reinforcing steel specimens tested in laboratory tensile machine. The two-inch square butt-welded specimens, machined to 1 1/2 inches diameter before testing, due to limited capacity of tensile machine, show breaks both in weld and outside weld. Note slag pocket in specimens at left. Specimens on right broke outside weld and reduced end area was caused by necking of bar at break. H.E. Foss, photographer
Subjects:
Columbia Basin Reclamation Project equipment failures
Location:
Washington (State) Grant County Ephrata
Latitude:
47.317639
Longitude:
-119.553649
Publisher:
University of Idaho Library Digital Initiatives, http://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/
Source:
Army Corps of Engineers Dam Construction photographs, 1933-1965, PG 94, University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives
Finding Aid:
https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv165618
Source Identifier:
94-4-2890
Type:
Image;StillImage
Format:
image/jpeg

Contact us about this record

Source
Preferred Citation:
"Fracture In Reinforcing Steel (Equipment failures)", Columbia River Basin Project: Dam Construction in the Pacific Northwest, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/crbp/items/crbp901.html
Rights
Rights:
In copyright, educational use permitted. Educational use includes non-commercial reproduction of text and images in materials for teaching and research purposes. For other contexts beyond fair use, including digital reproduction, please contact the University of Idaho Library Special Collections and Archives Department at [libspec@uidaho.edu](mailto:libspec@uidaho.edu). The University of Idaho Library is not liable for any violations of the law by users.
Standardized Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
« Previous Back to Browse Next »