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Uplift Capacity of Horizontal Strip Anchors in Cohesionless Soil

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This paper presents the details of the theoretical analysis of net uplift capacity of horizontal strip anchor in cohesionless soil using Kötter’s equation. A plane failure surface inclined at a characteristic angle with the ground surface is assumed. Results obtained using the proposed method are compared with the available experimental results of 30 cases for dense to loose cohesionless soil, with the maximum embedment ratio of 8. It is observed that the proposed method leads to the predictions of net uplift capacity of horizontal strip anchor that are very close to the experimental results in 93% cases. The comparison of results with available theoretical solutions shows that, proposed method makes better predictions for anchor embedment ratio less than 8 in dense cohesionless soils.

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Abbreviations

α :

Angle of failure plane with horizontal

H :

Depth of horizontal strip anchor below ground surface

ϕ :

Soil friction angle

γ :

Soil unit weight

B :

Width of strip anchor

λ :

H/B embedment ratio

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India

    V. B. Deshmukh, D. M. Dewaikar & Deepankar Choudhary

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Deshmukh, V.B., Dewaikar, D.M. & Choudhary, D. Uplift Capacity of Horizontal Strip Anchors in Cohesionless Soil. Geotech Geol Eng 29, 977–988 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10706-011-9430-0

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