Why Ceramic Anchors Vital for Concrete
Anchor failures can lead to catastrophic damage as demonstrated in the accompanying video. Sheer and tension failures in both the concrete and the steel anchors themselves are not uncommon with some designs where there are a dozen or more failure modes per connection. Overcoming these stresses by visualizing all of the different failure modes as well as the stress cone is a crucial step in the design process for all engineers, regardless if it’s a cast-in-place or post-installed anchor. Oftentimes,…
