Abstract
Abstract
The analysis of the bond stress of a thick-walled tube embedded at the surface of an elastic, isotropic, semi-infinite medium is presented. The condition of three-dimensional compatibility between the tube and the anchorage medium is taken into account. An equilibrium equation for a segment of an embedded tube is derived, from which bond stresses acting on the tube can be computed. The general solution obtained relates to the vector function for a uniform lineal load acting perpendicularly to the surface of an elastic half-space. The solution is in agreement with equations derived independently for cases of one-dimensional (lineal) compatibility.
The equation of equilibrium derived for a tube segment embedded at the surface of an elastic half-space is transformed to a form suitable for solving the bond stresses of a tube anchorage embedded at some distance from the surface. A numerical solution of bond stresses obtained by elastic analysis is compared to the bond stress curve along the anchorage obtained experimentally.
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