Section 8.3.2.4 of AS3600 notes that anchorage of shear reinforcement can be achieved by welding of the fitment to a longitudinal bar. Other than that statement, there doesn't appear to be much more guidance on what this welded connection should look like. I had a look in AS1554.3 (appendix F)...
Thank you Henryzau and Retrograde both for your responses. Very much appreciated.
I am familiar with the approach in CIRIA C760 and would hazard a guess that the EC7-DA1C1 described there would give you reasonably similar (but lower) design forces then if you were to adopt Retrograde's...
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I am interested in understanding what codes engineers typically adopt in Australia to design embedded retaining walls. I'm primarily interested for the design of secant/diaphragm walls on commercial projects. For example, deep basement excavations (multi-propped/anchored/etc), rather...
