Undrained Capacity of Plate Anchors under General Loading
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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. 2010 ASCE.
