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Collapse of U.S. 35 Highway Bridge, Point Pleasant, West Virginia, December 15, 1967 (HAR-71/01)

National Transportation Safety Board · 1970-12-16 · 202 pages · text by OCR, confidence 99%

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- B21 - APPENDIX B U. S. STEEL LABORATORY DATA Point Pleasant Bridge U. S. Steel Results February 14, 1969 Tensile Properties (G9) (Standard 0.252" Diameter Specimens) Segment 82-1) Specimen No. 2) Strain Rate to Yield Yield Strength at 0.2% Offset, ksi Tensile Strength, ksi Elongation in 1 Inch, % Reduction of Area, % Layer A³) 6 Normal⁵) 85.2 120.7 19.0 51.8 14 85.2 125.8 18.0 51.8 Layer B⁴) 36 44 Layer A 2 Static 78.7 118.7 19.0 51.3 10 81.2 118.7 19.0 50.2 Center 17 61.5 111.3 20.0 50.5 21 68.1 112.7 20.0 50.8 25 67.6 116.3 20.0 50.5 29 78.7 124.8 19.0 50.8 Layer B 32 83.5 120.8 17.0 49.0 40 83.0 121.3 19.0 53.9 Segment 83-1) Specimen No. 2) Strain Rate to Yield Yield Strength at 0.2% Offset, ksi Tensile Strength, ksi Elongation in 1 Inch, % Reduction of Area, % Layer A 6 Normal 86.2 120.7 18.0 52.4 14 80.1 121.2 16.0 43.2 Layer B 36 44 Layer A 2 Static 80.7 119.7 19.0 53.0 10 78.5 119.3 19.0 52.4 Center 17 66.6 113.7 20.0 49.6 21 67.2 115.2 19.0 48.5 25 70.1 118.3 19.0 50.0 29 79.0 122.8 16.0 40.0 Layer B 32 85.0 121.8 18.0 51.2 40 84.8 122.2 18.0 51.4 NOTES: 1) See Sketch C of Laboratory Specimen Plan. 2) See Sketch D of Laboratory Specimen Plan. 3) Layer A is adjacent to ground surface. 4) Layer B is on opposite side where 0.05 inch was removed to dress up surface. 5) Approximately 80 ksi/min.

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