Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1—SCOPE
CHAPTER 2—DEFINITIONS AND NOTATION
2.1—Definitions
2.2—Notation
CHAPTER 3—SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
CHAPTER 4—GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
4.1—Testing sequence
4.2—Test samples
4.3—Testing by independent testing and evaluation agency and by manufacturer
4.4—Changes to product
CHAPTER 5—REQUIREMENTS FOR TEST SPECIMENS, INSTALLING ANCHORS, AND CONDUCTING TESTS
5.1—Concrete for test members
5.2—Anchor installation
5.3—Test methods
5.4—Tests in cracked concrete
5.5—General requirements for anchor behavior
CHAPTER 6—REQUIREMENTS FOR ANCHOR IDENTIFICATION
6.1—Determination of critical characteristics of anchors
6.2—Specification of critical characteristics of anchors
6.3—Verification of conformance to drawings and specifications
CHAPTER 7—REFERENCE TESTS
7.1—Purpose
7.2—Reference tension tests for single anchors without spacing and edge effects (Table 4.1a, Tests 1 through 3, or Table 4.1b, Tests 1 through 5)
7.3—Required calculations using results of reference tests
CHAPTER 8—RELIABILITY TESTS
8.1—Purpose
8.2—Reliability tests using reduced installation effort (Table 4.1a, Test 4, and Table 4.1b, Test 6)
8.3—Reliability in low-strength concrete with large drill bit (Table 4.1a, Test 5, and Table 4.1b, Test 7)
8.4—Reliability in high-strength concrete with small drill bit (Table 4.1a, Test 6, and Table 4.1b, Test 8)
8.5—Reliability under repeated load (Table 4.1a, Test 7, and Table 4.1b, Test 10 for screw anchors)
8.6—Reliability in cracked concrete where crack width is cycled (Table 4.1b, Test 9)
8.7—Reliability of screw anchors for brittle failure (Table 4.1a, Test 8, and Table 4.1b, Test 11)
8.8—Reliability tests of screw anchors to setting method (Table 4.1a, Tests 9, 10, and 11, or Table 4.1b, Tests 12, 13, and 14)
CHAPTER 9—SERVICE-CONDITION TESTS
9.1—Purpose
9.2—Service-condition tension test with single anchor and with two edges (corner) (Table 4.1a, Test 12, and Table 4.1b, Test 15)
9.3—Service-condition test at minimum edge distance and minimum spacing (Table 4.1a, Test 13, and Table 4.1b, Test 16)
9.4—Service-condition shear test for single anchors without spacing and edge effects (Table 4.1a, Test 14, and Table 4.1b, Test 17)
9.5—Service-condition, simulated seismic tension tests (Table 4.1b, Test 18)
9.6—Service condition, simulated seismic shear tests (Table 4.1b, Test 19)
9.7—Torque tests (Table 4.1a, Test 15, and Table 4.1b, Test 20) – Optional
CHAPTER 10—ESTABLISHING ANCHOR CATEGORIES
CHAPTER 11—PRESENTING ANCHOR DATA
11.1—Data analysis
11.2—Format of data sheet
11.3—General requirements
11.4—Contents of evaluation report
CHAPTER 12—REQUIREMENTS FOR INDEPENDENT TESTING AND EVALUATION AGENCY
CHAPTER 13—REFERENCES
Authored documents
MANDATORY APPENDIXES:
APPENDIX A1—REQUIREMENTS FOR NORMALIZATION OF RESULTS
A1.1—Normalization of capacities to take account of concrete and steel strengths
A1.2—Concrete breakout or splitting failure
A1.3—Pullout and pull-through failure
A1.4—Steel failure
APPENDIX A2—REQUIREMENTS FOR ESTABLISHING CHARACTERISTIC CAPACITIES
A2.1—Scope
A2.2—Procedure
APPENDIX A3—REQUIREMENTS FOR TEST MEMBERS
A3.1—Tests in uncracked concrete
A3.2—Tests in cracked concrete
A3.3—Casting and curing of test members
EXAMPLE OF EVALUATION OF A WEDGE-TYPE ANCHOR IN UNCRACKED CONCRETE
E1—Anchor specifications
E2—Test results
E4—Establishing anchor category
E5—Report of anchor data