Monday, November 21, 2011

Re: Anchor Embedment in Concrete per ACI Appendix D - Round Members?

The former is what I have done in practice. But I'm not familiar with the latter. Does it explicitly treat round cross-sections?

I'm wondering if there might be something of a research project in it actually.

William L. Polhemus, Jr. P.E.
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On Nov 21, 2011, at 7:43 AM, "Djebli, Ahcene" <ahcene.djebli@shawgrp.com> wrote:

> I will use the square area that fits in the circular section and use Appendix D, or use the example in: ASCE Manual and Report on Engineering Practice No.113, Titled: "Substation Structure Design Guide".
> Good Luck
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Polhemus [mailto:bill@polhemus.cc]
> Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 10:53 PM
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> Subject: Anchor Embedment in Concrete per ACI Appendix D - Round Members?
>
> In my (admittedly not so thorough) perusal of ACI Appendix D, it was not
> readily apparent to me that there is a way to calculate the capacity of
> anchors and anchor groups in a round pedestal. A good example would be
> anchors embedded in a drilled shaft foundation.
>
> Comments?
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