Essays about: "rock anchors"

Found 2 essays containing the words rock anchors.

  1. 1. Buckling of End-Bearing Retaining Walls in Clay

    University essay from KTH/Jord- och bergmekanik

    Author : Fredrik Jansson; Nils Nilsson; [2018]
    Keywords : Berliner walls; Critical loads; buckling; finite element model; Eurocode 3; Berlinerspont; Rörspont; kritisk knäckningslast; knäckning; finit element modell; Eurocode 3;

    Abstract : The design of back-anchored retaining walls in Sweden has traditionally not included global elastic instability of the retaining wall as a possible failure mode. Eurocode 3 part 5 (SS-EN 1993-5) requires design of steel structural members for retaining walls to assess the risk of buckling if the normal force exceeds 4 % of the critical buckling load of the retaining wall. READ MORE

  3. 2. Pullout test of rock bolts at the Lima Hydropower station : -Assessment of the test method

    University essay from KTH/Betongbyggnad

    Author : Jakob Ljungberg; [2016]
    Keywords : rock anchors; concrete anchors; finite-element analysis; Lima; anchor failure;

    Abstract : During construction of dams, rock bolts are in general installed in the interface between concrete and rock as an extra safety measure against overturning failure. These bolts are however not allowed to be taken into consideration for the stability calculations of large dams. READ MORE