Uplift Behavior of Plate Anchors in Cohesionless Soil

Selçuk Bildik, Mustafa Laman

In the proceedings of: GEO2011: 64th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, 14th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 5th Pan-American Conference on Teaching and Learning of Geotechnical Engineering

Session: Laboratory Testing

ABSTRACT: In this study, the uplift behavior of plate anchors embedded in sand was investigated with a series of small scale laboratory pull-out tests. Model tests were performed in a test box with square and rectangular anchor plates. The effects of embedment and aspect ratio of anchor plates, and relative density of sand on uplift behaviour of plate anchors were investigated. Based on the test results, it can be concluded that the embedment and aspect ratio of anchor plates and relative density of sand are main parameters that affect the uplift capacity of anchor plates. Key words: aspect ratio, rectangular anchors, uplift capacity, sand.

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Selçuk Bildik; Mustafa Laman (2011) Uplift Behavior of Plate Anchors in Cohesionless Soil in GEO2011. Ottawa, Ontario: Canadian Geotechnical Society.

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