• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.675-688
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• 2017

The anchor block is a specially designed concrete member intended to withstand pullout or thrust forces from backfill material of an internally stabilized anchored earth retaining wall by passive resistance of soil in front of the block. This study presents small-scale laboratory experimental works to investigate the pullout capacity of a concrete anchor block embedded in air dry sand and located at different distances from yielding boundary wall. The experimental setup consists of a large tank made of fiberglass sheets and steel framing system. A series of tests was carried out in the tank to investigate the load-displacement behavior of anchor block. Experimental results are then compared with the theoretical approaches suggested by different researchers and codes. The appropriate placement of an anchor block and the passive resistance coefficient, which is multiplied by the passive resistance in front of the anchor block to obtain the pullout capacity of the anchor, were also studied.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제1권3호
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• pp.259-262
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• 2009

This paper examines the potential of relevance vector machine (RVM) in prediction of pullout capacity of small ground anchors. RVM is based on a Bayesian formulation of a linear model with an appropriate prior that results in a sparse representation. The results are compared with a widely used artificial neural network (ANN) model. Overall, the RVM showed good performance and is proven to be better than ANN model. It also estimates the prediction variance. The plausibility of RVM technique is shown by its superior performance in forecasting pullout capacity of small ground anchors providing exogenous knowledge.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.105-120
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• 2012

In this paper, the ultimate pullout capacity of a vertical plate strip anchors in cohesion-less soil is analyzed with the consideration of active and passive state of equilibrium in the soil. K$\ddot{o}$tter's equation is used to compute the active and passive thrusts (along with their point of application) which are subsequently used in the analysis in which, all the equation of equilibrium are properly interpreted. A comparison of the results with the experimental results vis-$\grave{a}$-vis available theoretical/empirical solutions shows that, the proposed analysis provides a better estimate of the pullout capacity.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.5-16
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 현장인발재하시험을 통한 스크류 앵커 파일의 인발 저항 특성에 관한 연구내용을 제시하였다. 현장시험에서는 동일한 피치를 가지나 샤프트나 스크류 직경이 다른 스크류 앵커 파일에 대해 다양한 시공조건을 도출하고 이에 대한 시험을 수행하였다. 실험결과 스크류 앵커 파일은 스크류가 없는 파일에 비해 현저히 큰 인발저항력을 발휘하는 것으로 검토되었으며 시간경과 효과와 그라우팅 여부에 따른 검토 결과 일반 파일과 유사하게 시간경과에 따라 인발저항력이 증가하는 셋업효과와 그라우팅시 인발저항력 상승효과를 기대할 수 있는 것으로 분석되었다. 이와 아울러 기존의 헬리컬 파일의 인발저항력 산정식을 스크류 앵커 파일의 인발저항력 평가에 있어서의 적용성을 검토하였으며 현장인발재하 시험결과를 다양한 측면에서의 상관관계를 파악할 수 있도록 제시하고 연구결과의 실무적 관점에서의 검토 내용을 기술하였다.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2009년도 세계 도시지반공학 심포지엄
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• pp.1079-1083
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• 2009

In this study, the pullout resistance characteristic of a wedge-shaped soil nail, made by attaching small steel sticks to the tip of a nail in a wedge shape, was investigated. It was developed to improve the overall pullout resistance capacity of the existing soil nail system, composed of nail and grout, by making the wedge provide additional pullout resistance. In order to evaluate the pullout resistance of the wedge shape-soil nail, field pullout tests were conducted, and the results were compared with those for the existing soil nail without the wedge. The field test results showed that the pullout resistance capacity of the wedge-shaped soil nail was 50% larger than that of the existing soil nail without the wedge.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.299-312
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• 2013

The horizontal pullout capacity of a group of two vertical strip plate anchors, placed along the same vertical plane, in a fully cohesive soil has been computed by using the lower bound finite element limit analysis. The effect of spacing between the plate anchors on the magnitude of total group failure load ($P_{uT}$) has been evaluated. An increase of soil cohesion with depth has also been incorporated in the analysis. For a weightless medium, the total pullout resistance of the group becomes maximum corresponding to a certain optimum spacing between the anchor plates which has been found to vary generally between 0.5B and B; where B is the width of the anchor plate. As compared to a single plate anchor, the increase in the pullout resistance for a group of two anchors becomes greater at a higher embedment ratio. The effect of soil unit weight has also been analyzed. It is noted that the interference effect on the pullout resistance increases further with an increase in the unit weight of soil mass.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.157-171
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• 2019

This study investigated the effects of the geometric parameters of superelastic shape memory alloy (SE SMA) fibers on the pullout displacement recovering and self-healing capacity of reinforced cementitious composites. Three diameters of 0.5, 0.7 and 1.0 mm and two different crimped lengths of 5.0 and 10.0 mm were considered. To provide best anchoring action and high bond between fiber and cement mortar, the fibers were crimped at the end to create spear-head shape. The single fiber cement-based specimens were manufactured with the cement mortar of a compressive strength of 84 MPa with the square shape at the top and a dog-bone shape at the bottom. The embedded length of each fiber was 15 mm. The pullout test was performed with displacement control to obtain monotonic or hysteretic behaviors. The results showed that pullout displacements were recovered after fibers slipped and stuck in the specimen. The specimens with fiber of larger diameter showed better displacement recovering capacity. The flag-shaped behavior was observed for all specimens, and those with fiber of 1.0 mm diameter showed the clearest one. It was observed that the length of fiber anchorage did not have a significant effect on the displacement recovery, pullout resistance and self-healing capacity.

• 한국지반공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국지반공학회 2010년도 추계 학술발표회
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• pp.1060-1064
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• 2010

Ground anchors are mostly used to improve the resistance capacity of retaining walls. The end of the anchor is connected to retaining wall through tendons and the forces in tendons are transferred to ground. In this study, we plan that the new anchor system increases the tension force in tendons and improves the pullout resistance characteristics of the system. In order to increase the pullout resistance capacity of existing anchor system, the new anchor system is made by attaching four steel sticks to the tip of anchor end. So the field test results showed that the pullout resistance capacity of the wedge-shaped ground anchor was acceptable to elastic displacement range.

• 한국지반공학회논문집
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• 제27권11호
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• pp.27-37
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• 2011

모래지반에서 석션파일의 최대인발저항력 산정을 위한 일련의 원심모형실험이 수행되었다. 최대인발저항력 산정을 위한 실험인자인 석션파일의 인발각과 인발작용점의 위치에 대하여 실험을 수행하였다. 인발작용점의 경우 75%에서 최대인발저항력이 관찰되었다. 모든 경사각에 대하여 전체파일 높이에서 50%에서 75%사이에 석션파일의 회전각이 변함을 알 수 있었다. 인발각이 증가함에 따라 최대 인발저항력 발생 시까지의 변위가 점점 작아짐을 알 수 있었다. 석션파일의 형상중심의 수직변위를 최대인발저항력이 작용한 시점에서 관찰한 결과 모두 지표 쪽으로 이동한 것을 알 수 있었다.

• 한국농공학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.71-80
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• 1990

Model tests for the ultimate pullout resistance of anchorages and investigation of failure behaviors in cohesionless soil have been conducted. The factors affecting the anchorage are mostly the geometry of the system, and soil properties of sands. The main conclusions of the experimental work were as follows. 1. The load - displacement relationship can be a form of parabolic curve for all plates. 2. The change in ultimate pullout resistance of anchor is mostly affected by embedment ratio and size of anchor, and influenced to a lesser degree by its shape. 3. Critical embedment ratio which is defined as the failure mode changes from shallow to deep mode is increased with increasing height of anchor. 4. For a constant anchor height, as the width of anchor increases the ultimate pullout resistance also increases. However, considering the efficiency of anchor for unit area, width of anchor does not appear to have any sigrnificant contribution on increasing anchor city. 5. Anchor capacity has a linear relation to sand density for any given section and the rate of change increases as the section increases. Critical depth determining the failure patterns of anchor is decreased with a decrease of sand density. 6. With increasing inclination angle, size of anchor, and decreasing embedment ratio, the ultimate pullout resistance of anchor under inclined loading is significantly decreased. 7. The ultimate pullout resistance of double anchor, a method of improving single of anchor capacity, is influenced by the center - to - center spacing adjacent anchors. It is also found that tandem and parallel anchor rigging arrangements decrease the anchor system capacity to less than twice the single anchor capacity due to anchor interference.