GROUND ANCHOR PROOF TESTING

GROUND ANCHOR PROOF TESTING:

In the last decades the demographic growth of urban centres and the construction of new road and train networks has lead to a large increase in the number of ground reinforcement works. Ground anchors provide a way to stabilize retaining works， either during construction (temporary ground anchors) or along the entire life span of the retaining structure (permanent ground anchors).

Ground anchors in general are pre-stressed tendons used to induce a compressive force aligned with the anchor axis mobilizing the resistance of the ground mass around the fixed anchor zone.