Anchorage In Concrete Construction
A Comprehensive Reference of Concrete Anchoring and Current Fastening Technology

By Rolf Eligehausen, Rainer Mallee, John F. Silva

Complete Reference to Fastening and Anchoring to Concrete

A comprehensive treatment of current fastening technology including inserts, post-installed anchors, as well as power-actuated fasteners, in both concrete and masonry.

The section "Fastenings in Concrete" describes in detail these elements together with their behavior and load-bearing capacities in cracked and uncracked concrete, while also considering the effects of corrosion and fire, as well as earthquake and shock loading. It concludes with an assessment of fastenings, illustrated by numerous examples.

The "Fastenings in Masonry" section goes on to deal with several different types of masonry and describes the load bearing characteristics with an assessment of plastic fastenings and injection-molded anchors, including criteria for selecting the correct fastening

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About The Authors:

Rainer Mallée, Dr.-Ing. studied structural engineering at the Technical University Brunswick and gained his doctorate from the University of Stuttgart.
Between 1980 and 1987 he was head of Professor Rehm's engineering company in Munich, before becoming head of development in fastening elements at fischer in Waldachtal. Since 1996 he has been head of research at the fischer group of companies.

John F. Silva, MS, SE gained his Master of Civil Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley and is a Structural Engineer. He worked for ca. 10 years in San Francisco at two renowned engineering firms concentrating on inter alia fastenings during earthquakes. He worked in the development centre at HILTI for four years and currently works in their San Francisco offices

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1 Introduction.

• 1.1 A historical review.
• 1.2 Requirements for fastenings.
• 1.3 Nature and direction of actions.

2 Fastening systems.

• 2.1 General.
• 2.2 Cast-in-place systems.
• 2.3 Drilled-in systems.
• 2.4 Direct installation.

3 Principles.

• 3.1 General.
• 3.2 Behaviour of concrete in tension.
• 3.3 Failure mechanisms of fastenings.
• 3.4 Cracked concrete.
• 3.5 Why anchors may use the tensile strength of concrete.
• 3.6 Prestressing of anchors.
• 3.7 Loads on anchors.

4 Behaviour of headed studs, undercut anchors and metal expansion anchors in non-cracked and cracked concrete.

• 4.1 Non-cracked concrete.
• 4.2 Cracked concrete.

5 Behaviour of cast-in anchor channels in non-cracked and cracked concrete.

• 5.1 Non-cracked concrete.
• 5.2 Cracked concrete.

6 Behaviour of bonded anchors in non-cracked and cracked concrete.

• 6.1 Non-cracked concrete.
• 6.2 Cracked concrete.
• 6.3 Bonded undercut anchors and bonded expansion anchors.

7 Behaviour of plastic anchors in non-cracked and cracked concrete.

• 7.1 Non-cracked concrete.
• 7.2 Cracked concrete.

8 Behaviour of power actuated fasteners in non-cracked and cracked concrete.

• 8.1 Non-cracked concrete.
• 8.2 Cracked concrete.

9 Behaviour of screw anchors in non-cracked and cracked concrete.

• 9.1 Installation.
• 9.2 Non-cracked concrete.
• 9.3 Cracked concrete.

10 Behaviour of anchors under seismic loading.

• 10.1 Anchor applications.
• 10.2 Seismic actions.
• 10.3 Assumptions regarding the condition of the concrete.
• 10.4 Behaviour of anchors under seismic conditions.

11 Behaviour of anchors in fire.

12 Corrosion of anchors.

13 Influence of fastenings on the capacity of components in which they are installed.

14 Design of fastenings.

• 14.1 General.
• 14.2 Verifying the suitability of an anchor system.
• 14.3 Design of fastenings with post-installed metal expansion, undercut and bonded expansion anchors according to the EOTA Guideline.
• 14.4 Design of fastenings according to the CEN Technical Specification.
• 14.5 Design of fastenings with cast-in and post-installed metal anchors according to ACI 318-05 Appendix D.

References.

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