Open AccessExperimental investigation of forces along anchors subjected to dynamic loading under tension and compression in field tests
Author(s) -
K. Platzer,
Corinna Wendeler,
Rico Brändle,
Martin Stolz
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
canadian geotechnical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.032
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1208-6010
pISSN - 0008-3674
DOI - 10.1139/cgj-2018-0144
Subject(s) - ultimate tensile strength , dynamic loading , force dynamics , dynamic load testing , pile , compression (physics) , tension (geology) , structural engineering , split hopkinson pressure bar , strain gauge , dynamic testing , dynamic tension , materials science , dynamic range compression , geotechnical engineering , composite material , strain rate , engineering , mechanical engineering
Full-scale field tests of dynamic rockfall have been performed on a flexible SPIDER Avalanche system to study the dynamic force distribution along the foundations under dynamic loading. Therefore, an anchor to measure dynamic tensile forces and a pile to measure dynamic compressive forces were each equipped with strain gauges. Furthermore, a static pull loading test with load steps of 1 min duration was performed on the anchor to highlight the difference between dynamic and static loading. Effective kinetic energies applied on the net of the SPIDER Avalanche system range from 25 to 492 kJ with impact velocities between 17 and 25 m/s. The results show that the dynamic forces close to the pile- and anchor head are higher and that they are decreasing with increasing distance of pile and anchor. However, the dynamic tensile force distribution is nonlinear over the length of the anchor, whereas the dynamic compressive force distribution is linear along the pile length. The comparison of static and dynamic tensile forces shows that dynamic tensile forces are depleted within a shorter distance of the anchor compared to the static tensile forces. Dynamic tensile forces present 25% less in value than the static tensile forces.