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Behavior of Bonded Anchors
F
F
τ2 τ1
hef
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Behavior of Bonded Anchors
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Behavior of Bonded Anchors
20
t [N/mm²]
τ
Gemessen
Measured τ
15
strength [N/mm²]
Verbundfestigkeit
10 Annahmeτ τu,m
Assumption u,m
5
Bond
0
0 50 100 150 200 250
Einbindetiefe [mm]
Embedment depth [mm]
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Behavior of Bonded Anchors
N u,Bond
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DESIGN OF FASTENINGS - Bonded Anchors
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Influence of Hole Cleaning (Dry Concrete)
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Influence of Hole Cleaning
Mortar Mortar
drill dust
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Newly Developed Machine Cleaning Equipment
τ [N/mm2]
16 Concrete C 20/25
Post-installed ds = 20 mm
Post-installed
Compressed Air / Machine Driven Wire Brush
12
8 Cast-in-place
4
Post-installed
Post-installed
Hand Brush / Hand Pump
0 s [mm]
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
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Failure Mode Pullout – Influence of Hole Cleaning
14
Compressed Air / Machine Driven Wire Brush
12
Bond Stress [N/mm²]
4
Hand Brush / Hand Pump
Hybrid System
2
Wet Concrete C 20/25
ds = 20 mm
0
0 5 10 15 20 25
Displacement [mm]
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Experimental Results – Cement Systems – Cleaning Method
Bohrlochbewäs. 6h cc , s
30
C20/25 Reinigung H1
1. Cleaning
ds=20 mm Reinigung H2
2. Moisture 6h
25 hef=200 mm Reinigung M1
3. Installation
Stress [N/mm²]
Verbundspannung τ [N/mm²]
τ3xblowing,
u
3xbrushing, 3xblowing
20 (Machine)
15 1xblowing,
τu 1xbrushing, 1xblowing (Hand)
τu
1xblowing
(Hand)
Bond
10
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Verschiebung v [mm]
Displacement [mm]
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Bonded Anchors - Influence of Temperature
1,20
|1|
N (t)/N (t=0) [-]
0,80 |2|
|3|
0,60 |4|
|5|
0,40 |6|
|7|
0,20 |8|
0,00
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
time [years]
Failure load of bonded anchors based on unsaturated polyester resin as a
function of time
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Bonded Anchors – Sustained Load
80
Nu
Nadh
40
Nsust
0
0 5 10 15
sadh su Verschiebung
Displacement s [mm]
s [mm]
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Bonded Anchors – Sustained Load
s
sadh, Short Time
sCreep, extra
sCreep
Lever arm
Weight
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Bonded Anchors – Sustained Load
1,6
1,4
su,m (Short Time)
Verschiebung [mm]
[mm]
1,2
sU= 1,00 mm
1,0
Displacement
0,4
Test running
sNp,m (Short Time)
0,2
0,0
0,1 1 10 100 1000 10000 100000
Zeit [h]
Time [h]
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Bonded Anchors – Sustained Load
1,4
su,m (Short Time)
1,2
[mm]
Verschiebung[mm]
0,8
sU= 0,84 mm
0,6 sU= 0,70 mm
0,4
sNp,m (Short Time)
0,2
0,0
0,1 1 10 100 1000 10000 100000
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Bonded Anchors – Sustained Load
1,6
1,4
su,m (Short Time)
[mm]
Verschiebung[mm]
1,2
1,0
Displacement
0,6
0,4
sNp,m (Short Time)
0,2
0,0
0,1 1 10 100 1000 10000 100000
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Bonded Anchors – Sustained Load
Kraft [kN]
Load N [kN]
45
Langzeitversuch
Sustained load test(Versuch
(running)läuft)
40
Langzeitversuch
Sustained load test(Versagen)
(failure)
35 Short time test (concr.
Kurzzeitversuch in derspecimen)
Platte
30 Short time test (concrete
Kurzzeitversuch im Würfel cubes)
25
20
15
10
5
0
0,0 0,5 1,0 1,5 2,0 2,5 3,0 3,5 4,0 4,5 5,0
Verschiebung
Displacement [mm]
s [mm]
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Bonded Anchors – Sustained Load
Epoxy, T = 20°C
hef = 30 mm, Sustained load Np = 19,68 kN = 0,7 Nu,m Short Time
1,4
Tests running
1,2 su,m (Short Time)
Verschiebung[mm]
[mm]
0,6
0,4
sU= 0,64 mm
0,2
0,0
0,1 1 10 100 1000 10000 100000
Zeit [h]
Time [h]
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Bonded Anchors – Sustained Load
Epoxy, T = 20°C
hef = 30 mm
35
Kurzzeitversuch
Short time tests
30 Langzeitversuch (Versagen)
Sustained load test (failure)
Sustained load test
Langzeitversuch (running)
(Versuch läuft)
25
[kN]
[kN]
20
Kraft N
Load
15
10
0
0 1 2 3 4
Displacement
Verschiebung s s[mm]
[mm]
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Bonded Anchors – Sustained Load
Epoxy, T = 50°C,
hef = 30 mm, Sustained load Np = 10,5 kN = 0,5 Nu,m Short Time
1,2
su,m (Short Time)
1,0
[mm]
Verschiebung [mm]
0,6
0,4
Tests running
0,2
0,0
0,1 1 10 100 1000 10000 100000
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Time
Zeit [h]
[h]
Bonded Anchors – Sustained Load
Epoxy, T = 50°C
hef = 30 mm
30
Kurzzeitversuch
Short time tests
25 Sustained load test
Langzeitversuch (running)
(Versuch läuft)
20
N [kN]
Kraft [kN]
15
Load
10
0
0 1 2 3 4 5
Displacement s [mm]
Verschiebung s [mm]
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Behavior of Bonded Anchors
a1) b1)
b2)
a2)
b3)
(Lehr (2001))
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Numerical Calculation
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Influence of d on Characteristic Spacing ? (Numerical Calculation)
3,5
2,5
1,5 M20
M12
1 M8
0,5
0
0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28
s/d [-]
F
Anchor rod
M12, hef/d=10, τu~8N/mm² Mortar
Compression stress field
S33 Concrete
F Tie
Strut
M12, hef/d=20, τu~8N/mm² Strut
Compression stress field
Tie
S33 Concrete
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Influence of hef on Characteristic Spacing ? (Numerical Calculation)
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Influence of hef on Characteristic Spacing ? (Exp.)
4,0
3,5
3,0
2,5
2,0
1,5
τ u,m / max τ u = 0,48 Mortar 11, τu,m~13 N/mm²; d=8mm, hef= 64mm; fcc=30 N/mm²
1,0 Mortar
τ u,m / max τ u = 0,40 Mortar 11, τu,m~13 N/mm²; d=8mm, hef= 96mm; fcc= 30 N/mm²
Mortar
0,5
0,0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 0 ,5
400
⎛ 12 ⎞
s ⋅ ⎜⎜ ⎟⎟
[mm]
0 ,5
⎝ τ u.⎛m ⎠10 ⎞
s ⋅ ⎜⎜ ⎟
⎟
τ
⎝ u ,m ⎠
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Influence of hef on Characteristic Spacing ? (Exp.)
4,0
3,5
3,0
2,5
2,0
1,5
1,0 τ u,m / max τ u = 0,84 − 0,59 Mortar11, τu,m~13 N/mm²; d=12mm, hef= 48-96mm; fcc=30 N/mm²
Mortar
τ u,m / max τ u = 0,48 − 0,42 Mortar 11, τu,m~13 N/mm²; d=12mm, hef= 144-192mm; fcc= 30 N/mm²
Mortar
0,5
0,0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 0 ,5
450
⎛ 12 ⎞
s ⋅ ⎜⎜ ⎟⎟ [mm]
⎝ τ u.m ⎠
0 ,5
⎛ 10 ⎞
s ⋅ ⎜⎜ ⎟
⎟
⎝ τ u ,m ⎠
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Influence of Bond Strength on scr,N (Numerical Calculation)
τu~ 6 N/mm²
3
τu~ 11 N/mm²
1 τu~ 22 N/mm²
0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
Spacing s [mm]
Bond stress is a main influencing Parameter
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τ [MPa]
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
45
Experimental results
40 Experimental
Numerical results
35
30
25
scr/d
Equation
Tests(9)
20
15 Equation (5)
Numerical
10
⎛τ ⎞
0 ,5
scr ,Np = 20 d ⋅ ⎜ u ,m ⎟
5 ⎝ 10 ⎠
0
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000
τ [psi]
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Numerical Results Compared with Experimental Results
NU,Group/ Nu,Single[kN]
4,0
Quadruple anchor groups, fcc= 25 N/mm²
3,5
3,0
2,5
2,0
1,5
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Numerical Results Compared with Experimental Results
Nu(Group)/Nu(Single)) [ - ]
4,5
Quadruple anchor groups, fcc= 34 N/mm²
4,0
3,5
3,0 scr,N,Ex
scr,N,FE
2,5 scr,N,FE
2,0
1,5
Test results Numerical results
1,0 Mortar 3
d=24mm, hef=288mm, d=24mm, hef=240mm,
τu,m=16,5 N/mm² τu,m=15,8 N/mm²
0,5
0,0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
s/d [-]
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Influence of Bond Strength on scr,N (Numerical Calculation)
τu~ 6 N/mm²
3
τu~ 11 N/mm²
2
1 τu~ 22 N/mm²
0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
Spacing s [mm]
(Li, Eligehausen (1999))
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Influence of Failure Surface on Ultimate Load
a)
ψ g0 ,N = n
b)
ψ g0 ,N = 1
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Test Results (Single Bonded Anchors) with Concrete Cone Capacity
110
100 N u0,c = 15,5 ⋅ hef1,5 ⋅ f cc0,5
90
N u0,c = 13,5 ⋅ hef1,5 ⋅ f cc0,5
80
Failure load [kN]
40
30
Mortar 3
20 fcc~ 35 N/mm²
hef=100 mm
10
0
8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 32
Diameter [mm]
f cc0 ,5 ⋅ hef0 ,5
τ u ,m = 13,5 / π ⋅ = max τ u
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Influence of Failure Surface on Ultimate Load
1,5
0
ψ
0,5
0
0,00 0,20 0,40 0,60 0,80 1,00 1,20
τ u / max τ u ,m [ − ]
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Reduction of Influence of Failure Surface on Ultimate Load
( )
0
ψ s
ψ g,Np = ψ 0g,Np + ⋅ 1 − ψ 0g,Np ≥ 1
g,Np
2,0 scr,N,i
1,5
~1,3
hef = 120 mm
1,0 d = 12 mm
τu,m,Einzel = 8,8 N/mm²
0,5 f cc = 25 N/mm²
n = 8
Mörtel c
0,0
~170
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240
s [mm]
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Product of ψg,Np and Ap,N/A0p,N as a Function of Spacing
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Non – Linear Asumption for ψg,Np
hef = 120 mm
1,0 d = 12 mm
τu,m,Einzel = 8,8 N/mm²
0,5 f cc = 25 N/mm²
n = 8
Mörtel c
0,0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240
s [mm]
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Bond Capacity Model (BCM)
Ap , N
N u ,m , p = N 0
u ,m , p ⋅ 0
⋅ψ g ,Np ⋅ψ s ,Np ≤ N u ,c
A p ,N
⎛τ ⎞
0 ,5
Ap , N scr ,Np
Geometrical effect of axial spacing and scr ,Np = 20 ⋅ d ⋅ ⎜ u ,m ⎟ ; ccr ,Np =
edge distance: ⎝ 10 ⎠ 2
A0 p,N
ψ g ,Np = ψ 0
+⎜ ⎟ ⋅ ( 1 −ψ g0 ,Np )
⎜s
g ,Np ⎟
⎝ cr ,Np ⎠
1, 5
⎛ τ ⎞
( )
ψ g0, Np = n 0,5 − n 0,5 − 1 ⋅ ⎜⎜ u ,m ⎟⎟ ≥ 1,0
⎝ τ u ,max ⎠
c
ψ s ,Np Disturbance of radial stresses ψ s ,Np = 0 ,7 + 0 ,3 ⋅ ≤ 1,0
ccr ,Np
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Bond Capacity Model: Groups of Bonded Anchors Far Away from an Edge
Nu [kN]
300
Concrete cone failure
250 (Expansion Anchors)
200
Bond Capacity Model
150
0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
Spacing s [mm]
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Bond Capacity Model: Groups of Bonded Anchors Far Away from an Edge
NU [kN]
350
d= 16 mm
hef= 96 mm Concrete cone failure
300 (Expansion Anhcors)
fcc,200= 30 N/mm²
250 s
s
200
100
Mortar 3, τu,m~7,1 N/mm²
50
0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400
Spacing s [mm]
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Tests on Groups with Bonded and Headed Anchors
Nu [kN]
2000
d= 24 mm Concrete cone failure
1800 hef= 288 mm (Headed studs)
1200
s
1000
Bond Capacity Model, τu= 12 N/mm²
800
600
Mortar 1, τu~12 N/mm²
400 Mortar 2, τu~16.5 N/mm²
Headed anchor
200
0
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000
Spacing s [mm]
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NTest / NPred (Groups with Bonded Anchors)
2,0
x = 1.0
v = 15.3%
n = 415 (Ex.)
1,5 n = 86 (FE)
NTest/Npred [-]
1,0
0,5 Tests
Tests
FE
Tests
0,0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300
hef [mm]
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NTest / NPred (Groups with Bonded Anchors)
2,0
x = 1.0
v = 15.3%
n = 415 (Ex.)
1,5 n = 86 (FE)
Ntest/Npred [-]
1,0
0,5 Tests
Tests
FE
Tests
0,0
0 100 200 300 400 500 600
s [mm]
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NTest / NPred (Groups with Bonded Anchors)
2,0
x = 1.0
v = 15.3%
n = 415 (Ex.)
1,5 n = 86 (FE)
NTest/NPred [-]
1,0
0,5 Tests
Tests
FE
Tests
0,0
0,0 6,0 12,0 18,0 24,0 30,0
d [mm]
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NTest / NPred (Groups with Bonded Anchors)
2,0
x = 1.0
v = 15.3%
n = 415 (Ex.)
1,5 n = 86 (FE)
NTest/NPred [-]
1,0
0,5
0,0
0 5 10 15 20 25
τu [N/mm²]
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NTest / NPred (Single Bonded Anchors Near to an Edge)
2,0
x= 1,3
v = 19.6%
Exp. n = 133 (Exp.)
1,5 n = 85 (FE)
NTest/NPred [-]
1,0
0,5
hef
0,0
0 25 50 75 100 125 150 175 200 225 250 275 300
c [mm]
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NTest / NPred (Single Bonded Anchors Near to an Edge)
2,00
x= 1,3
v = 19.6%
Exp. n = 133 (Exp.)
1,50 n = 85 (FE)
Ntest/NPred
1,00
0,50 hef
0,00
5,00 10,00 15,00 20,00
τu [N/mm²]
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Part II
Extend Testing Concept
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Current Testing Concept
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Current Testing Concept („Normal Bond Strength“)
F
F
8d≤hef≤12d
τ Rk
0
α ,α 1 ,α 2 .....
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Current Testing Concept („High Bond Strength“)
F F
8d≤hef≤12d
"τ Rk
0
" α ,α 1 ,α 2 .....
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Current Testing Concept („High Bond Strength“)
F
F
12d≤hef≤20d
τ Rk
0
α ,α 1 ,α 2 .....
charakteristische Verbundfestigkeit
τ Rk = τ Rk
0
⋅ α ⋅ α 1 ...
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Change from Concrete Cone Failure to Pull-out failure (Example)
2,4
Concrete cone failure
2,2 τu,m~ 30 N/mm²
Uncracked Concrete
fcc=25 N/mm² τu,m,confined~ 30 N/mm²
2,0 For fcc~ 25 N/mm² and
(6) [-]
fcc=60 N/mm²
1,4
max ττu,m,confined,uncr
1,2
1,0
Pull-out failure
0,8
0,6
For fcc~ 60 N/mm² and τu,m~ 30 N/mm²
0,4
and hef/d > 10 failure change from
0,2 concrete cone failure to pullout failure
0,0
0 5 10 15 20 25
32
Herausziehen
28 ~720mm
24
d [mm]
Nu~ 815 kN
20
16
Uncracked Concrete
Bond failure
12 Pullout failure 12.9
Steel class
Uncracked concrete
Stahlversagen Steelfccclass:
=25 / 6012.9
N/mm²
8
fcc= 25/60 N/mm²
4
0
6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22
hef/d [-]
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Problems of Current Testing Concept
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Extend Testing Concept
?
Pullout failure (confined) = Pullout failure (unconfined)
F
F
4d≤hef≤8d
15d≤hef≤20d
"τ " 0
Rk
τ Rk
0
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Influence of Support in Case of „ Pullout failure“
F
F
hef / d <<
T
Direct struts
C
hef / d = 15 Direct struts
"τ Rk
0
" τ Rk
0
"τ Rk
0
"⋅α Setup = τ Rk
0
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α Setup = ?
Single Bonded Anchors (unconfined/confined) (Numerical Investigations)
14,0
fcc 25 N/mm², Pullout failure
M12, hef/d=10, confined
12,0
? M12, hef/d=20,
M12, hef/d=10, unconfined confined
10,0
τu [N/mm²]
8,0
confined unconfined
4,0 F F
2,0
0,0
0,0 0,5 1,0 1,5 2,0
Verschiebung
Displacement [mm]
Verschiebung [mm]
[mm]
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Lateral Compression – Tension Stresses (Sxx)
M12 hef/d=10, fcc=25 N/mm² M12 hef/d=10, fcc=25 N/mm²
N N
Lateral Tension
hef
X Y
T_neu0020
x x
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Parameter Influencing αsetup
Nu,i/Nu,m,(P=0) [-]
Meszaros 2001
Double – axial compression - tension
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Bond Stress Distribution (Numerical Investigations)
20
(Pullout
Confined (Pullout failure)
failure)
18
Unconfined (Pullout failure)
(Pullout failure)
16
14
τu [N/mm²]
12
10
6
Influence
Influence of Support
Support
0
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
Embedment depth
Embedment depth[mm]
[mm]
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Bond Stress Distribution (Numerical Investigations)
18
Confined (Pullout failure)
16
Unconfined (Pullout failure)
14
12
τu [N/mm²]
10
0
0 50 100 150 200 250
Embedment depth
Embedment depth [mm]
[mm]
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αsetup (Experimental Results)
1,5
1,4 Average values,
1,3 τu,m ~ 9 N/mm²
1,2 τum ~ 14 N/mm²
1,1 Rest : τu,m ~ 25 -30 N/mm²
1,0
αsetup [-]
0,9
0,8
0,7
0,6
0,5
0,4
0,3
0,2
0,1
0,0
0,00 0,25 0,50 0,75 1,00 1,25 1,50 1,75 2,00 2,25 2,50 2,75 3,00
τu,confined/τu,max [-]
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Summary
New design concept for bonded anchors with range 4d≤hef≤20d proposed
- Confined tests
- Calculation of bond strength of unconfined tests with αsetup
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Part III
Improved Design Concept
(Cracked Concrete)
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Concrete Cone Failure Load for Bonded Anchors in Cracked Concrete
F F
F F
Theoretical
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Concrete Cone Failure Load for Bonded Anchors in Cracked Concrete
F F
F F
Theoretical
N 0
u ,c ,cracked
N u0,c ,Bond ,cracked ,min
= 0,7 ⋅ 13,5 ⋅ h 1, 5
⋅ f cc
0,5 = 0 ,5 ⋅ 0 ,7 ⋅ 13 ,5 ⋅ hef1,5 ⋅ f cc0 ,5
ef
N u0,c ,Bond ,cracked ,max
= 1,0 ⋅ 0 ,7 ⋅ 13 ,5 ⋅ hef1,5 ⋅ f cc0 ,5
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Single Bonded Anchor in Cracked Concrete (Numerical Investigations)
F
Symmetry plane
0.01
0.00833
0.00667
0.005
0.00333
0.00167
0.
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Single Bonded Anchor in Uncracked/Cracked Concrete (Numerical Investigations)
35
25
N u ,c ,Exp = 0 ,7 ⋅ 13,5 ⋅ f cc0 ,5 ⋅ hef1,5
20
Nu [kN]
15 M12, hef/d=5,
High strength Mortar, "Half" Conceret cone failure, cracked concrete (idealized)
10
Theoretical
Theory
0
0,0 0,2 0,4 0,6 0,8 1,0 1,2 1,4 1,6 1,8 2,0
Displacement [mm]
Verschiebung
Displacement [mm]
[mm]
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Characteristic Spacing (Cracked Concrete)
⎛τ
0 ,5
Bonded Anchors ⎞
(conventional) scr ,N ,uncracked = 20 ⋅ d ⎜ u ,m ,uncracked ⎟ ?
⎝ 10 ⎠
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Characteristic Spacing (Cracked Concrete)
Assumption 1
Path of crack
(“same side”)
0,5 ⋅ s cr , N ,uncracked
s cr , N ,uncracked Path of crack
can not be estimated
0,5 ⋅ s cr , N ,uncracked
Path of crack
Assumption 2
s cr , N ,uncracked
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Characteristic Spacing (Cracked Concrete)
⎛ τ u ,m ,ungerissen ⎞
0 ,5
Bonded Anchors
(conventional) scr ,N = 20 ⋅ d ⎜⎜ ⎟⎟
⎝ 10 ⎠
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Influence of Failure Surface (Uncracked Concrete)
Failure surface
Failure surface
1 1 8
1 6
2 7
2 4 2 5
3 3 6
3 4
∑4 ∑6 4 5
∑8
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Influence of Failure Surface (Cracked Concrete)
1
2
1
Failure surface 3
4
2
- 1
etical 2
- 2
Theor 4 3
1
∑2 ∑2 ∑4
ψ g0 ,N ,gerissen = 1 ψ g0 ,N ,ungerissen = n
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