Per ACI App. D, side-face blowout is expliclity a tension failure mode and can control the design. ACI 355.1R, Report on Anchorage to Concrete, does not use the term side-face blowout, but discusses the failure mechanism in section 3.4, Behavior of cast-in-place anchor bolts in uncracked piers...
I am seeking clarification/viewpoints on App D.5.4.2, nominal strength for side-face blowout for a group of anchor bolts. I interpret the language and formulas to indicate that if Ca1 < 0.4hef and s > 6Ca1, then the nominal strength for the group is Nsbg = n*Nsb. When Ca1 < 0.4hef and s <...
