UPLIFT BEHAVIOR OF HORIZONTAL ANCHOR PLATES IN SAND. DISCUSSION

This is a discussion of a paper of the above title by E.A. Dickin published in Vol 114, No. 11 of this journal. The discussers comment upon a significant discrepancy between the scaled failure displacements inferred from centrifuge tests by the author, and the results of full scale field uplift tests on spread foundations. The discussion is followed by a closure by the author.

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• Discussers:
  • Trautmann, C H
  • Kulhawy, F H
• Publication Date: 1990-8

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 1283-87
• Serial:
  • Journal of Geotechnical Engineering
  • Volume: 116
  • Issue Number: 8
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-9410

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anchor plates; Failure; Sand; Spread footings; Uplift pressure
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00497476
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 30 1990 12:00AM