Concentrated Loading within Steel- and Composite Structures of Anchor Plates with High Strength Headed Studs

In practice, large forces often have to be transferred in a localized concentrated area of concrete structures by steel-to-concrete joints. Typical applications are columns, strip foundations, anchor plates at the top of columns or the bearing points of bridges, which can be loaded by large horizontal forces. In the area of anchor plates close to the edge concrete failure mechanisms are decisive, as failure modes such as concrete edge failure may occur.

The shear capacity of these joints according to current standards is in general too low. As consequence complicated solutions for this detail are designed in order to transfer high loading into the concrete structure. Within this research project, appropriate design models for steel-to-concrete joints under concentrated loading are developed for practitioners. In addition, high strength materials are considered within the project to increase the load carrying capacity of these joints.

Universität Stuttgart (Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrike Kuhlmann; Dipl.-Ing. Jakob Ruopp)

This IGF-Project was funded by the federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy based on a decision from the German Bundestag.

2016 - 2019