Title:
Concrete Q & A: Side-Face Blowout Group Capacity
Author(s):
Ronald A. Cook
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
30
Issue:
5
Appears on pages(s):
76
Keywords:
DOI:
Date:
5/1/2008
Abstract:
I’m trying to determine the nominal side-face blowout capacity in tension for the group of anchors shown in Fig. 1 using the equations in Appendix D of ACI 318-05.1 It appears, however, that the nominal capacity for the group can never be larger than twice the capacity of a single anchor, regardless of the number of anchors I use. This doesn’t seem like it should be correct. Am I missing something in the equations?