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Residual Strength and Fatigue Lifetime of ... - Solid Mechanics

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the case <strong>of</strong> uneven debond growth, the generated side forces will be taken by the cylinder <strong>and</strong><br />

transferred to the steel columns instead <strong>of</strong> the actuator. This will produce friction forces, which<br />

will make the load measurements inaccurate if the load cell is connected to the top <strong>of</strong> the<br />

actuator piston. To avoid this inaccuracy, a 25 kN load cell was connected to the bottom <strong>of</strong> the<br />

actuator piston as shown in Figure 5.35.<br />

Figure 5.35: Test setup.<br />

Figure 5.36: Actuator protection setup.<br />

116<br />

Force<br />

DIC cameras<br />

25 kN<br />

Load cell

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