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Cast-In Anchor Channel Product Guide, Edition 1 • 02/2019
1. Anchor
Channel Systems
2. HAC
Portfolio
3. HAC
Applications
4. Design
Introduction
5. Base material 6. Loading
7. Anchor Channel
Design Code
8. Reinforcing
Bar Anchorage
9. Special Anchor
Channel Design
10. Design
Software
11. Best
Practices
12. Instructions
for Use
13. Field Fixes
14. Design
Example
5.1 Base Materials 5.2 Evaluation of Test Data 5.3 Corrosion 5.4 Special Applications 5.5 Seismic Considerations
The first Acceptance Criteria for Anchor Channels in Concrete
Elements (AC232) was first approved by the ICC-ES Evaluation
Committee in October 2010. Since then, several improvements
and additions to the original AC232 provisions such as seismic
provisions have been performed.
Figure 4.3.2 — AC232.
AC232 provisions are in a continuous state of development.
AC232 it is still a work-in-progress document. The design
provisions and testing protocols are limited to specific type of
anchor channels, anchor channel configurations, base materials,
and type of loads. Design information for anchor channels and
configurations not implicitly covered by AC232 such as HAC
EDGE and corners with pair of channels load simultaneously,
are covered in Chapter 9 of this technical manual.
Figure 4.3.3 — Pair of anchor channels in an outside 90‚ corner.
Chapter 10 provides a general overview of PROFIS Anchor
Channel.
Figure 4.3.4 — PROFIS Anchor Channel.
Chapter 11 covers a wide range of best practices for an
optimal anchor channel design and ensure designers can offer
value engineered anchor channel designs as well as to help
contractors to minimize field fixes.
Figure 4.3.5 — Best practices for concrete consolidaation.
Chapter 12 provides Instructions for use.
Chapter 13 provides general recommendations for typical field
fixes encountered in jobsites.
5. BASE MATERIAL
Base materials or substrate information is fundamental in determining the anchor channel strength.
Oftentimes, the design of an anchor channel is limited by the substrate's strength. Therefore, the
design of an anchor channel is contingent to the adequacy of the base material at the anchor zone.
Having the right substrate properties and a solid understanding of how different base materials
properties impacts the design of an anchor channel design is essential. Therefore, the base material
shall be carefully examined prior to the design of an anchor channel, in order to assess how the
anchor channel design may be impacted.