JOURNAL OF YANGTZE RIVER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTI ›› 2011, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (5): 50-54.

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Load Distribution and the Law of Its Variation in the InnerSegment of Prestressed Anchor Cable

JING Feng,CHENG Chuan-huan,YU Mei-wan,CHEN Hao,LIU Yuan-kun   

  1. Key Laboratory of Geotechnical Mechanics and Engineering of Ministry of Water Resources, Yangtze River Scientific Research Institute,Wuhan 430010,China
  • Online:2011-05-01 Published:2012-11-02

Abstract: Though load distribution and anchoring mechanism of prestressed cable have been studied by lots of tests and theoretical analysis,the load distribution variation over time of inneranchor segment and its relationship with anchor effective prestress are seldom studied. Based on in-site test of prestressed cable in a hydraulic power station, the authors analyzes the displacement of inner-anchor head and the nonlinear load transfer of inner-anchor segment during anchor pulling, and the variation of load distribution over time in inner-anchor segment. The relationship between load distribution variation and anchor effective prestress variation after anchor locked is studied also. Through the research, it is found that the stress of inner-anchor segment of tension-concentrated anchor cable is seriously concentrated, and the loads are transferred and adjusted from the initial point of inner-anchor segment to the end at the early stage of cable lock. But with continuous decreasing and stabilizing of cable effective prestress, the load transfer of inneranchor segment stops;and subsequently the loads of the whole inneranchor segment are reduced to a steady state. At last, the variation laws of interior bond section and cable effective prestress become similar.

Key words: prestressed cable ,  , loss of prestress,   , load distribution , inner anchor segment,  , variation law

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