Vertical uplift capacity of two interfering horizontal anchors in sand using an upper bound limit analysis

Kouzer, KM and Kumar, Jyant (2009) Vertical uplift capacity of two interfering horizontal anchors in sand using an upper bound limit analysis. In: Computers and Geotechnics, 36 (6). pp. 1084-1089.

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Abstract

The vertical uplift resistance of two interfering rigid rough strip anchors embedded horizontally in sand at shallow depths has been examined. The analysis is performed by using an upper bound theorem o limit analysis in combination with finite elements and linear programming. It is specified that both the anchors are loaded to failure simultaneously at the same magnitude of the failure load. For different clear spacing (S) between the anchors, the magnitude of the efficiency factor (xi(gamma)) is determined. On account of interference, the magnitude of xi(gamma) is found to reduce continuously with a decrease in the spacing between the anchors. The results from the numerical analysis were found to compare reasonably well with the available theoretical data from the literature.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Computers and Geotechnics
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copyrigh of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Keywords:	Anchors; Failure loads; Limit analysis; Numerical analysis; Optimization; Uplift capacity
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Civil Engineering
Date Deposited:	15 Dec 2009 06:38
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:37
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/21482

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