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Other research for anchor bolts

The Consequences of Bolt Failures by Charles C. Roberts, Jr.

Texas DOT, Bridge Design Manual, Section 12. Anchor Bolts.

Temporary Design Bulletin C03-03, Bolt Design in Signal, Overhead Sign, and Light Support Structures

NRC memo on concrete expansion anchor bolts with ultimate tensile capacities substantially lower than the published values.

National Association of Tower Erectors website on failures.

NRC memo on minimum edge distance for expansion anchor bolts.

NRC report on Bolting Degradation or Failure in Nuclear Power Plants

NRC report
on Tendon Anchor Head Failure

COMM-OMNI International Paper on Radio Tower Corrosion Protection

Utilization of Load/ Resistance Statistics in a Wind Speed Assessment by Timothy P. Marshall (1983). Describes wind load failures, some of them anchor bolts.

William Forms website describing how Spin-Lock rock anchors are installed.

Critical Assessment of Past Research into Rock Bolt Anchorage Mechanics , Alison Whitaker

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health report on “Geomechanics of Reinforced Cemented Backfill in an Underhand Stope at the Lucky Friday Mine, Mullan, Idaho."

UK Highways Agency, Design Manual for Roads and Briges, Highway Structures Design, Materials, Use of Rock Bolts.