Undrained Capacity of Plate Anchors under General Loading
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 136, Issue 10
Abstract
Under general conditions of loading, a plate anchor is subjected to six degrees of freedom of loading, three force components and three moment components. Prediction of the anchor performance under general conditions of loading requires realistic estimates of the anchor pullout capacity for each individual load component as well as the interaction effects when these loads are applied in combination. This paper presents an analysis of plate anchor capacity under these general conditions of loading. The study considers a range of plate width-to-length ratios ranging from 1:1 to 2:1. The anchor capacity estimates and interaction relationships were developed based on finite-element studies and upper bound plastic limit analyses. Interaction relationships developed from the numerical and analytical studies were fitted to a simple six degrees-of-freedom yield locus equation.
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Acknowledgments
The writers would like to acknowledge the support of the Joint Industry Project which was operated for the participants by ABS Consulting and especially John Stiff of ABS for his assistance and encouragement throughout the effort. The writers would also like to acknowledge our colleagues at the University of Texas at Austin who carried out the experimental parts of the project and with whom the writers interacted closely during the entire project.
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Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 136 • Issue 10 • October 2010
Pages: 1383 - 1393
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Received: Aug 21, 2009
Accepted: Feb 18, 2010
Published online: Feb 20, 2010
Published in print: Oct 2010
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