Enhancing Pullout Load Capacity of Helical Anchor in Clay with Adjusted Load Application Point under Inclined Loading Condition
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 148, Issue 10
Abstract
In this study, the effect of load application point () on the load capacity () of helical anchors under inclined loading condition was investigated. For this purpose, coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian finite element analyses were performed for various configurations of helical anchor and load inclination angles (). The focus was on characterizing the optimum load application point that can most enhance the load capacity of helical anchors. Both inclined loading and load application point significantly affected the load capacity of the helical anchor. For the individual failure-mechanism case, the effect of on was clearly beneficial in most cases, indicating that the individual configuration is more advantageous when a taut or catenary mooring type is adopted. The load capacity of the helical anchor increased as the load application point moved from the top to certain limit depth, below which the load capacity became reversely decreased with further increasing . The optimum loading depth was found at . The effect of on the pullout capacity was mainly controlled by the horizontal load component. Based on the results of this study, design equations for the load capacity of helical anchors with load application point are proposed.
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Some or all data, models, or codes that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Acknowledgments
This research was conducted with the support of the National R&D Project for Smart Construction Technology (No. 22SMIP-A156488-03) funded by the Korea Agency for Infrastructure Technology Advancement under the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and managed by the Korea Expressway Corporation. This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (No. 2020R1A2C201196613).
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Received: Aug 6, 2021
Accepted: May 12, 2022
Published online: Jul 20, 2022
Published in print: Oct 1, 2022
Discussion open until: Dec 20, 2022
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