Keystation
Structural
- Aug 21, 2024
- 7

Hi, I am a young structural engineer. I am calculating for concrete break out strength of anchors in tension. The vertical black lines between the concrete are the anchor rebars. The situation is depicted in the picture above.
Do you know which concrete is more critical? Rebars are embedded 4 ft into concrete 1. 1 ft into concrete 2. My colleague and I think the concrete 2 has to fail first before concrete 1. However, confusion is that since concrete 1 has smaller edge distance it has smaller failure area meaning less capacity.