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Collapsed Structure Rescue Class
2001

 

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The CSRC 2001 class included a significant segment on shore testing. Both FEMA and NASA shores were built and loaded. Some loading was done by statically adding force and some was done by dynamically shaking the system as more and more force was added. As always, the students of the class were exceptional.

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The loading set-up for testing the Class III Offset Horizontal Shore. (66,674 bytes) A view of the failed Class III Offset Horizontal Shore. (60,241 bytes) Another view of the failed shore. (47,262 bytes) The concrete wall has failed initiating the side loading on the shore. (68,836 bytes) An offset horizontal shore has been loaded to failure. (63,201 bytes)
The horizontal beam itself failed when the concrete wall blew out. (63,796 bytes) Chief Bob Dolci taking a break. (63,655 bytes) A Class III Offset Vertical Shore. (56,983 bytes) Another view of the Class III Offset Vertical Shore. (71,759 bytes) Enjoying the sun during a break in class activities. (59,463 bytes)
Students getting balcony seat viewing to some of the shore testing. (57,375 bytes) The class getting some instruction. (70,814 bytes) The balcony crowd has still and video cameras. (58,727 bytes) This shore is under a lot of load. (51,290 bytes)  

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