Professional paper

Testing bearing capacity of universal couplings for floors and facades

Mijo Zagorec

Abstract

The testing process for one type of universal coupling used as a means of fastening lightweight plates onto floors and facade walls is described. These couplings are anchored with steel bolts into concrete or masonry walls, or into concrete or semi-prefabricated floors structures. Various testing techniques and their results are presented for various load increments, in order to determine the bearing capacity of such couplings. This testing enabled definition of reference pullout forces that can be supported by universal couplings.

Keywords

universal coupling; facade; floor; lightweight building plate; anchoring; pullout force; bearing capacity

Hrčak ID:

10176

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/10176

Publication date:

16.2.2004.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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