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Rock Anchor
Rock Anchor
on
Prestressed
Rock
Anchors
Prestressed Rock Anchor
A prestressed rock anchor is a high strength steel
tendon, fitted with a stressing anchorage at one end
and a means permitting force transfer to the grout
and rock on the other end. The rock anchor tendon
is inserted into a prepared hole of suitable length
and diameter, fixed to the rock and prestressed to
a specified force.
Applications
Ground anchors are used in civil engineering for the
following applications:
To resist lateral thrust on retaining walls and in-situ
diaphragm walls,
For stabilizing of slopes and land slides,
Pressure Gauge
Inlet
Jack – K 200
Pressure Application
Elongation Measurement
Stressing of inclined Rock
Anchor
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Case study
Project: Construction of Office Complex for Canara
Bank at Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai
Client : Canara Bank
Consultant : STUP
PMC : Gherzi Eastern Ltd.
Contractor : NBCC Ltd.
Sub Contractor: Freyssinet Presstressed Concrete Co.
Ltd.
Front View
Design for Rock Anchor
Design Load: Design load is a assign load on anchor after allowance for
all losses. In this case the design load is 50 T.
High Tensile Strand
Nos of high tensile strand required for 1.75 x 50 T capacity of anchor:
Minimum breaking load of 12.7mm dia HT strand = 18737Kg
Factor of safety for tension in strand = 1.5(min)
U.T.S. of cable = 18737/1.5
= 12.49 T
No of HT strand required for 55 T Design load = 87.5/12.49
= 7 nos
Hence use 12 K13 Anchorage System i.e. 7 nos of 12.7mm dia HT Strand
for each anchor.
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Fixed Length
Capacity of anchor = 55 T (with losses)
Diameter of Hole = 110mm
Bond stress between strata & grout = 2.9 kg/cm2
Fixed length = 55000/(3.14 x 11 x 2.9)
= 548.8 cm
~ 550.0 cm
Free length
Minimum 5.0 m (As per IS-10270 : 1982)
Total Length of Anchor
Fixed + Free = 10.5 m
Estimate for Rock Anchors works
Sr. Estimated
Description of Item Unit Rate (Rs.) Amount (Rs.)
No. Quantity
Designing, providing and installing
1 working permanent vertical rock
anchors
160
149
140 140
133
127
120 118
Elongation in mm
113
110
100 96
80 81
60
40
20
0
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450
Pressure in kg/cm2
Conclusion
Anchor failed at 400 kg/cm2 pressure. The failure
occurs due to grout bond failure.
No failure of the strand or distortion of anchorage
was observed after dismantling the test set-up.
Research Paper
Rock Anchors for Dams, The National
Research Project: The Evolution of Post-
tensioned Anchors on Hydropower Dams