The possibility and limitation of on-site testing of anchors

• Luis Miguel Pombo Blanco ^[1] ; Antonio Cardo Fernández ^[2]
  1. [1] Hilti AG
  2. [2] Hilti Española
• Localización: VII Congreso Internacional de Estructuras: [resúmenes publicados en la revista Hormigón y Acero (ISSN 0439-5689), v. 68, especial Congreso, junio 2017], 2017, págs. 210-211
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • On-site testing is only one but an important part of the inspection of anchoring activities where additional assurance of installation quality is deemed necessary (non-destructive proof loading) or where resistance values for the design are missing due to similar but not identical base material as given in the relevant approval document of a specific anchor type (destructive pull-out test or non-destructive proof load test).

    However if a wrong logic on the interpretation of on-site testing results is applied, the result could compromise the stability of the structure, cause risk to human life and/or lead to considerable economic consequences.