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ANCHORS BOLTS IN CONCRETE

ANCHORS BOLTS IN CONCRETE

ANCHORS BOLTS IN CONCRETE

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I HAVE TO DESIGN THE ANCHOR BOLTS FOR A NON-BUILDING STRUCTURE. It is a STEEL "T" SUPPORT WITH CONDUIT LOADS AND SOME PIPING LOADS TOO. QUESTION:
FOR ANCHORS BOLTS DESIGN (HILTI OR SIMILAR) SHOULD i COMBINE:
1) Earthquake horizontal "X" direction + Earthquake horizontal "Y" direction + Vertical

or
2a)Earthquake horizontal "X" direction + Vertical
and
2b)Earthquake horizontal "Y" direction + Vertical

I appreciate any response to this question. Also, it would be great the Code Reference and section.

Thank you so much,
Cesar

RE: ANCHORS BOLTS IN CONCRETE

I would use the vector sum of the shears combined with the axial load.

RE: ANCHORS BOLTS IN CONCRETE

When needed, I have used the 100%-40%-40% rule.  Based on the following in Reg Guide 1.92

For response spectrum analysis, in which each of the three spatial components are calculated
separately, Chu, Amin, and Singh (Ref. 17) concluded that for an SCC subjected to the action of the three
components of an earthquake motion, the representative maximum response of interest of the SSC can be
satisfactorily obtained by taking the SRSS of the corresponding representative maximum response
for each of the three components calculated separately.
The SRSS procedure for combining the responses to the three components of an earthquake
motion is based on the consideration that it is very unlikely that the maximum response for each of the
three spatial components would occur at the same time during an earthquake.
The 100-40-40 percent rule was originally proposed as a simple way to estimate the maximum
expected response of a structure subject to three-directional seismic loading for response spectrum
analysis, and is the only alternative method for spatial combination that has received any significant
attention in the nuclear power industry. The results of the 100-40-40 spatial combination have been
compared with the SRSS spatial combination. Generally, they indicate that the 100-40-40 combination
method produces higher estimates of maximum response than the SRSS combination method by as much
as 16 percent, while the maximum under-prediction is 1 percent.

RE: ANCHORS BOLTS IN CONCRETE

If this is in a slab or matt foundation with a 360 degree confinement, I would sum the shear vectors and combine that with the axial load.

However, if this is in a stem wall, the shear force normal to the wall axis could control, depending on the relative magnitudes of course.  I would check all three combinations here.   

Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
http://mmcengineering.tripod.com
 

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