TY - JOUR
T1 - Abandoned Hole Effect on Ultimate Strength of Mechanical Anchors in Tension
AU - Chen, Zhao
AU - Nassiri, Somayeh
AU - Lamanna, Anthony
PY - 2019/5/1
Y1 - 2019/5/1
N2 - Postinstalled anchors are frequently installed with unpredictable abandoned drilled holes (ADHs) at the job site. While ADHs may have a reducing impact on the original ultimate tensile strength (N u ) of the anchor per the design code, this effect was not adequately investigated. In this study, 60 wedge anchors in three diameters (d) and two (deep and shallow) effective embedment depths (h ef ) per d were tested in tension in five repeats. Half of the tests (30) served as the reference scenario for the other half (30) that included one ADH drilled at 2×d offset from the anchor. The ADH scenario resulted in (4.5-21%) reduction in N u , regardless of the failure modes, and the percent reductions decreased as d and/or h ef increased. Based on the results, an area method was proposed to predict the reduced N u in the ADH scenario. This method can be used to predict reduced N u when ADH conditions occur in the field and calculate the increased d and/or h ef to minimize the reducing effect if the application allows.
AB - Postinstalled anchors are frequently installed with unpredictable abandoned drilled holes (ADHs) at the job site. While ADHs may have a reducing impact on the original ultimate tensile strength (N u ) of the anchor per the design code, this effect was not adequately investigated. In this study, 60 wedge anchors in three diameters (d) and two (deep and shallow) effective embedment depths (h ef ) per d were tested in tension in five repeats. Half of the tests (30) served as the reference scenario for the other half (30) that included one ADH drilled at 2×d offset from the anchor. The ADH scenario resulted in (4.5-21%) reduction in N u , regardless of the failure modes, and the percent reductions decreased as d and/or h ef increased. Based on the results, an area method was proposed to predict the reduced N u in the ADH scenario. This method can be used to predict reduced N u when ADH conditions occur in the field and calculate the increased d and/or h ef to minimize the reducing effect if the application allows.
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U2 - 10.1061/(ASCE)SC.1943-5576.0000415
DO - 10.1061/(ASCE)SC.1943-5576.0000415
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85059901090
SN - 1084-0680
VL - 24
JO - Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction
JF - Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction
IS - 2
M1 - 06019001
ER -