Pickle Research Campus

Where Catherine works.

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72 photos

Top of girders; note mangling of top flanges.
Girders on trucks.
Girders on trucks.
Back of girders on trucks.
Prior to casting the south base. Left to right: Tim,...
Starting to fill the base.
Continuing to fill.
Ack! The forms split in the middle; the forklift is...
And the yellow forklift is holding this end together. ...
I'm "holding the forms together." Ha, yeah right. ...
Base of north pier just before casting. Pretty pretty rebar.
Closer view of rebar. Tied that all myself!
Far away shot of base. Lab is in background on right;...
South side top half, almost ready for casting. The side...
See, look. The end is open. The day before, I was...
Southside wall, almost ready to go. A Catherine on the...
During the pour of the north base. Up top is Lewis. ...
During the pour of the north base. Left to right:...
During the pour of the north base. More vibrating. ...
View of the south wall from the north base.
North base almost done!
Finishing spots of concrete...
South wall again. I have no idea why the photographer...
Two and a half foot wide wall right there.
... from a little further away.
The pour in progress, from afar. I'm behind the right...
Water seeps to the top of concrete while it dries.
Looking down into the south wall, just before casting.
That right there is my shadow. And those tiny spaces...
Casting the south wall. Left to right: Dr. Frank,...
I secretly really like this job because I can act like a monkey.
...or because they give me bucketfulls of concrete to...
Loading the bucket from the truck.
Tim watches while Catherine and Jim unload the bucket.
Empty bucket.
Lewis acts like a manager while Tim loads the bucket;...
North base (now dry!) with concrete truck rumbling up behind it.
Finishing the south wall.
More finishing.
The first girder is lowered into place (60,000lbs of...
Tim pushes the girder into a more exact location; Dennis...
Mike positions the first diaphragm.
The second girder being lifted off the truck.
The second girder as it is lowered into place (note: the...
Careful maneuvering...
Fitting the bottom flange under the diaphragm oh-so-carefully.
The truck, shortened back up and about to leave.
Tim and Mike work the girder into place (remember again:...
Catherine checks out the girders from the top - I approve.
The girders, in place, from afar.
The girders from below. Note all the bolt holes in the...
Catherine makes friends with a girder. Height of C =...
The girders reach from support to support - but just barely.
$The fracture location, before the test. The orange box...$
The fracture location, before the test. The orange box...
One of the high-speed cameras and concrete blocks to...
Containment box after the blast. The forces tore the...
$The fracture location.$
The fracture location.
Close-up of the box. The shiny gold stuff on the sides...
One end of the box.
The other end. The far side is where the bolt was...
Plywood debris from inside the box.
Debris scatter -- see the one piece of orange steel way...
Half of the hseared bolt, next to the concrete anchor block.
Ripped data wires. Most likely, they ripped from...
Some of the attendees of our day of fun.
The other half of that bolt was found back behind the...
One of the guys who pays us being interviewed for the...
$The best picture of the fracture, from the side. The...$
The best picture of the fracture, from the side. The...
Warping of the bottom flange.
Crack surface.
Another image of the warping, from front to back rather...
Venting pattern on the web.