atook, you are correct! Without the anchor bolt/ stud, the bollard would simply slide right the dock. The anchors are embedded in the concrete to match the bolt pattern on the base of the bollard. Usually the anchor material would be A449, although, I just quoted a job in Jax FL, asking for...
Does anyone have or know about a type of software/program that can figure load calculations for marine bollards/ anchor bolts. I hope that there may be a program that you could type in the varibles and the program spits out the results. Or, am I just dreaming?