A look at the performance of barrel and wedge assembly in cable bolts applications

Abstract Pretensioning is one of the most common practices in cable bolting. A barrel and wedge is typically used in the free end of the cable to hold the pretension load. This study investigates the performance of barrel and wedge in cable bolt large-scale laboratory pull out tests. Twenty-five exp...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ashkan Rastegarmanesh, Ali Mirzaghorbanali, Kevin McDougall, Naj Aziz, Sina Anzanpour, Hadi Nourizadeh, Abbas Taheri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-54999-6