Does the Front Row Carry It All? Concrete Edge Failure of Multi-Row Anchor Groups in EN 1992-4
EN 1992-4 verifies concrete edge failure of a multi-row anchor group loaded in shear towards a free edge by assuming that only the row closest to the edge is effective and that it carries the whole shear load. The consequence is paradoxical: the verified resistance does not grow when rows are added behind the front row...