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5. SEISMIC BEHAVIOUR OF RC COLUMNS EMBEDDING STEEL PROFILES<br />

Additional instrumentation<br />

Moreover, exterior instrumentation was used to obtain adequate information on <strong>the</strong><br />

rotation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> column web panel <strong>and</strong> on <strong>the</strong> beam portion in <strong>the</strong> closeness <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

joint. In details <strong>the</strong> instruments are listed below (see Figure 5.23):<br />

Figure 5.23. Exterior instrumentation in <strong>the</strong> joint<br />

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INCL3<br />

TR-500-40 TR-500-5D<br />

(D) (E)<br />

TR-500-3D<br />

(C)<br />

INCL4<br />

TR-500-2D TR-500-1D<br />

(B) (A)<br />

INCL2<br />

INCL1<br />

INCL5<br />

Ω TG-S-UP<br />

TR-500-60<br />

(F)<br />

TG-S-DOWN<br />

• Exterior LVDTs (Maximum capacity: 100 mm) located in <strong>the</strong> portion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> joint<br />

as seen in <strong>the</strong> pictures;<br />

• Exterior inclinometers (INCL1-2-3-4 with maximum capacity <strong>of</strong> ±14 degrees)<br />

located in <strong>the</strong> portion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> joint. One more inclinometer (INCL5) located on<br />

<strong>the</strong> force distributing steel beam at <strong>the</strong> top <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> specimen to record <strong>the</strong> slope<br />

variation during <strong>the</strong> test; by means <strong>of</strong> this measurement it is possible to obtain<br />

<strong>the</strong> axial <strong>and</strong> shear load components (which vary during <strong>the</strong> test) originated by<br />

<strong>the</strong> actuators <strong>and</strong> acting on <strong>the</strong> specimen;<br />

• Exterior omega (Ω) displacement transducer (TG-S-UP <strong>and</strong> TG-S-DOWN)<br />

located on <strong>the</strong> top-bottom face <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> concrete beam in proximity to <strong>the</strong><br />

connections; by means <strong>of</strong> this measurement it is possible to obtain information<br />

about <strong>the</strong> deformation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> beam section during <strong>the</strong> test, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>n, to<br />

reproduce <strong>the</strong> bending moment acting at <strong>the</strong> joint.<br />

5.5.4 Local test instrumentation<br />

The local instrumentation (see <strong>the</strong> next Figure 5.24-Figure 5.26) was only applied<br />

to <strong>the</strong> specimens COT6-7 <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Phase 1 <strong>and</strong> COT9-10 <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Phase 2. It consisted<br />

<strong>of</strong>:

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