Appendix D Method, Anchoring to Cracked Concrete
Appendix D Method, Anchoring to Cracked Concrete
(OP)
While Appendix D in the Canadian Code is not mandatory, I have chosen to adopt it when designing anchors in cracked concrete. So I have started to familiarize myself with Appendix D but I'm not sure if my interpretation of it is at all accurate, as I have not compared any of my numbers with those from worked out examples. I am curious if there is a "design guide" out there for Appendix D, worked out examples, or if there are journals that you would recommend about Appendix D so that I can have more confidence in the numbers I am getting when plugging blind into these VERY emperical equations.
Thanks
Thanks
Clansman
If a builder has built a house for a man and has not made his work sound, and the house which he has built has fallen down and so caused the death of the householder, that builder shall be put to death." Code of Hammurabi, c.2040 B.C.






RE: Appendix D Method, Anchoring to Cracked Concrete
Question: why would you choose to put a bolt in a crack? Why not make a large bracket and put the bolt in an uncracked area?
Old CA SE
RE: Appendix D Method, Anchoring to Cracked Concrete
RE: Appendix D Method, Anchoring to Cracked Concrete
The program uses cracked concrete as its base material
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The program is called HILTI PROFIS Anchor
There might be another version available on the Worldwide Hilti Site, but it designs to ETAG No. 001 Annex C. This can be found here and might provide some more information.
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Please see attached for a example report produced by the program. Im not sure how much help all this will be but it may prove usefull in the future!
RE: Appendix D Method, Anchoring to Cracked Concrete
After using Hilti Profis for a few months, it is very powerful software, but I find the Simpson program more user friendly for my calcs.
Joel Berg
RE: Appendix D Method, Anchoring to Cracked Concrete
RE: Appendix D Method, Anchoring to Cracked Concrete
RE: Appendix D Method, Anchoring to Cracked Concrete
RE: Appendix D Method, Anchoring to Cracked Concrete
I'm a recently repatriated Canuck myself (8 years in WI). AND, I'm in the process of trying to develop a spreadsheet to solve anchorage problems using CSA.
The new Canadian anchorage provisions are adaptations of the latest ACI provisions. As such, the examples provided by PCA, ACI etc will be relevant to our code too for the most part. There are a few good examples in our Concrete Design Handbook. There are many more published by PCA.
Structural EIT: any chance you'd wanna share that spreadsheet?
Kootenay
RE: Appendix D Method, Anchoring to Cracked Concrete
Does anyone know how results obtained from Appendix D compare to the PCI method?
Clansman
If a builder has built a house for a man and has not made his work sound, and the house which he has built has fallen down and so caused the death of the householder, that builder shall be put to death." Code of Hammurabi, c.2040 B.C.
RE: Appendix D Method, Anchoring to Cracked Concrete
Clansman
If a builder has built a house for a man and has not made his work sound, and the house which he has built has fallen down and so caused the death of the householder, that builder shall be put to death." Code of Hammurabi, c.2040 B.C.