Showing papers on "Anchoring published in 2009"
TL;DR: This article examined whether expert consensus forecasts of monthly economic releases are systematically biased toward the value of previous months' releases and found broad-based and significant evidence for this form of bias, which in some cases results in sizable predictable forecast errors.
Abstract: Previous empirical studies on the “rationality” of economic and financial forecasts generally test for generic properties such as bias or autocorrelated errors but provide only limited insight into the behavior behind inefficient forecasts. This paper tests for a specific form of forecast bias. In particular, we examine whether expert consensus forecasts of monthly economic releases are systematically biased toward the value of previous months’ releases. Such a bias would be consistent with the anchoring and adjustment heuristic described by Tversky and Kahneman (1974) or could arise from professional forecasters’ strategic incentives. We find broad-based and significant evidence for this form of bias, which in some cases results in sizable predictable forecast errors. To investigate whether market participants’ expectations are influenced by this bias, we examine interest rate reactions to economic news. We find that bond yields react only to the residual, or unpredictable, component of the forecast error and not to the component induced by anchoring, suggesting that expectations of market participants anticipate this bias embedded in expert forecasts.
162 citations
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24 Jul 2009TL;DR: In this article, a method and devices for anchoring suture to tissue, incorporating anchoring devices constructed substantially from suture, are described for single and multi-anchor surgical procedures in soft tissue or bone and multiple anchors can be delivered using a single delivery device.
Abstract: Methods and devices are provided for anchoring suture to tissue, incorporating anchoring devices constructed substantially from suture. The anchoring devices are constructed as longitudinally extended, preformed knot configurations that upon deployment are reconfigured to form anchoring knots having an increased cross-section relative to the preformed knot configuration, for secure lodging in tissue. The anchoring devices are suitable for single and multi-anchor surgical procedures in soft tissue or bone, and multiple anchors can be delivered using a single delivery device.
123 citations
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined whether mood and expertise jointly moderate the magnitude of anchoring effects and found that, at least for non-experts, positive mood may eliminate the otherwise robust anchoring effect.
Abstract: Anchoring effects, the assimilation of numerical estimates to previously considered standards, are highly robust. Two studies examined whether mood and expertise jointly moderate the magnitude of anchoring. Previous research has demonstrated that happy mood induces judges to process information in a less thorough manner than sad mood, which means that happy judges tend to be more susceptible to unwanted influences. However, this may not be true for anchoring effects. Because anchoring results from an elaborate process of selective knowledge activation, more thorough processing should lead to more anchoring; as a result, sad judges should show stronger anchoring effects than happy judges and happy judges may even remain uninfluenced by the given anchors. Because information processing of experts may be relatively independent of their mood, however, mood may influence anchoring only in non-experts. Results of two studies on legal decision-making (Study 1) and numeric estimates (Study 2) are consistent with these expectations. These findings suggest that, at least for non-experts, positive mood may eliminate the otherwise robust anchoring effect.
119 citations
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17 Jun 2009
TL;DR: In this paper, a system for providing dynamic stabilization and balance control at a vertebral motion segment has first and second bridge elements and at least one bias element, and the bias elements are attachable to the bridge elements at discrete attachment locations, or at non-discrete attachment locations.
Abstract: A system for providing dynamic stabilization and balance control at a vertebral motion segment has first and second bridge elements and at least one bias element. The bridge elements anchor to adjacent vertebrae with polyaxially adjustable anchoring members, and the bias elements attach to each bridge element to span between them. Each bias element has two fixation portions and a bias body extending between the fixation portions. Each bias element may comprise an elastically deformable material to provide dynamic stabilization with motion, or may comprise rigid material to provide rigid stabilization, and both bias element types may be included in one system. The bias elements are attachable to the bridge elements at discrete attachment locations, or at non-discrete attachment locations. Alternate embodiments may include three or more bridge elements on adjacent vertebrae, and multiple bias elements. A tensioning tool may provide adjustable tension to an elastically deformable bias element.
61 citations
TL;DR: The combination of theoretical calculation and experimental results on these molecular diodes demonstrated that the rectifying effect could be affected by the nature of anchoring groups due to the bond dipoles at the interface and internal polarization inside the molecules.
Abstract: This paper describes the anchoring group effect of molecular diodes on rectifying behavior. Two molecular diodes with different anchoring groups, which are based on diblock co-oligomeric structures, have been synthesized and characterized. Scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) measurements revealed the correlation of rectifying effects in these molecular diodes with anchoring groups such as thiol and isocyanide. The combination of theoretical calculation and experimental results on these molecular diodes demonstrated that the rectifying effect could be affected by the nature of anchoring groups due to the bond dipoles at the interface and internal polarization inside the molecules.
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TL;DR: It is observed that although there was no difference in their relative tendencies to anchor, the subjects in groups demonstrated a lower propensity for error than their individual counterparts.
Abstract: We conducted a newsvendor experiment in which (i) the subjects were presented with multiple pieces of information that they could possibly use to anchor their decision and (ii) the subjects participated either as individuals or in groups of three. The primary objective was to determine whether the subjects tended to consistently anchor to the mean or change their anchor based on the experimental setting. The secondary objective was to study the impact of group dynamics on their decision-making approach. We observed that the subjects did not anchor to any one particular value, but rather chose an anchor that was closer to the optimal value. In addition, we observed that although there was no difference in their relative tendencies to anchor, the subjects in groups demonstrated a lower propensity for error than their individual counterparts.
54 citations
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31 Aug 2009
TL;DR: A bone anchoring element as discussed by the authors includes an anchoring section for anchoring in the bone and a receiving part connected to the anchoring sections, the receiving part includes an opening suitable for accommodation of a stabilization rod having a rod axis, the opening being limited along the rod axis by two side walls.
Abstract: A bone anchoring element includes an anchoring section for anchoring in the bone and a receiving part connected to the anchoring section. The receiving part includes an opening suitable for accommodation of a stabilization rod having a rod axis, the opening being limited along the rod axis by two side walls. The side walls include guides orientated along the rod axis for guiding at least one connection rod therethrough.
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17 Dec 2009TL;DR: In this paper, the anchoring system employed an anchor fastened to or set within the inner wythe that extends into the cavity and connects to a J-hook, limiting lateral movement and front-to-back displacement.
Abstract: Anchoring systems for use in cavity wall structures having an inner wythe and an outer wythe constructed of rubble stone are disclosed The anchoring system employs an anchor fastened to or set within the inner wythe that extends into the cavity and connects to a J-hook A vertically adjustable veneer tie enwraps the J-hook, limiting lateral movement and front-to-back displacement, and is set within the bed joint of the outer wythe The anchoring system minimizes cavity size and provides stability for an uncoursed outer wythe equivalent to that of anchoring systems for standards coursed bed joints
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TL;DR: In this paper, an anchor system for tension testing of unidirectional fiber-reinforced plastic bars of large diameter used as reinforcement in concrete structures is described, and the main objective is to develop a simple, economical, and effective system to permit tensile loading of the bars up to failure in a universal testing machine.
Abstract: The scope of this paper is to describe the development of an anchor system for tension testing of unidirectional fiber-reinforced plastic bars of large diameter used as reinforcement in concrete structures. The main objective was to develop a simple, economical, and effective system to permit tensile loading of the bars up to failure in a universal testing machine. In the system suggested, each end of the bar is embedded in a conical polymeric head that fits a conical hole inside the anchoring device. In the experimental tests performed, the bars broke between the anchorages, while the resin heads remained always undamaged. These outcomes strengthen the confidence in the proposed anchor system.
38 citations
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05 Aug 2009
TL;DR: Rodent bait station assemblies which include a bait station, an anchoring base, attachment pieces respectively in contact with anchor attachment surfaces, and fastening members are described in this paper, where the anchor base is fixed to the bait station by a compressive force that is normal to the anchor top surface.
Abstract: Rodent bait station assemblies which include a bait station, an anchoring base, attachment pieces respectively in contact with anchoring base attachment surfaces, and fastening members. The anchoring base is fixed to the bait station by a compressive force that is normal to the anchoring base top surface. The compressive force is applied to the anchoring base by the attachment pieces.
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TL;DR: The results give a clear microscopic picture to the transport physics and provide reasonable qualitative explanations for the corresponding experimental data.
Abstract: Effects of binding modes and anchoring groups on nonequilibrium electronic transport properties of alkane molecular wires are investigated from atomic first-principles based on density functional theory and nonequilibrium Green’s function formalism. Four typical binding modes, top, bridge, hcp-hollow, and fcc-hollow, are considered at one of the two contacts. For wires with three different anchoring groups, dithiol, diamine, or dicarboxylic acid, the low bias conductances resulting from the four binding modes are all found to have either a high or a low value, well consistent with recent experimental observations. The trend can be rationalized by the behavior of electrode-induced gap states at small bias. When bias increases to higher values, states from the anchoring groups enter into the bias window and contribute significantly to the tunneling process so that transport properties become more complicated for the four binding modes. Other low bias behaviors including the values of the inverse length scal...
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14 Apr 2009
TL;DR: In this article, a call anchor logic (12) is used to determine if a new outbound call being initiated from a mobile unit should be anchored at an anchor point located outside of a service provider network.
Abstract: A system (10) for dynamically anchoring a call initiated by a mobile unit can include call anchor logic (12) programmed with anchoring criteria (14) to determine if a new outbound call being initiated from the mobile unit should be anchored at an anchor point located outside of a service provider network for the mobile unit based on application of the anchoring criteria to input data (16). The call anchor logic (12) provides an anchor control signal to cause the outbound call to be one of (i) anchored at the anchor point and (ii) connected to a called party without anchoring at the anchor point. Memory (18) stores the input data, the memory (18) being accessible by the call anchor logic (12).
TL;DR: A study of focal conic domains in smectic- A liquid-crystal films on solid substrates finds that increasing the planar anchoring strength influences the size-thickness relation and leads to the formation of larger focal Conic domains.
Abstract: We present a study of focal conic domains in smectic- A liquid-crystal films on solid substrates. The antagonistic anchoring conditions of the film surfaces, random planar at the substrate interface and homeotropic at the air interface, enforce the formation of focal conic domains the lateral size of which is dependent on the film thickness. The strength of the planar anchoring on the solid substrate is systematically varied by coating the substrate with special alkoxysilane compounds. For each anchoring strength value, the relation between the size of the focal conic domains and the film thickness is determined. Increasing the planar anchoring strength influences the size-thickness relation and leads to the formation of larger focal conic domains.
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19 Aug 2009
TL;DR: In this article, an anchoring agent is used for the construction of coal mine roadways and the protection of underground engineering, which consists of a mixture of unsaturated polyester resin, limestone powder, and dimethylaniline.
Abstract: The invention relates to an anchoring agent, which is resin mortar for an anchoring agent and the anchoring agent, and is used for anchoring large-diameter anchor cables used in the construction of the support of coal mine roadways and the protection of underground engineering. The resin mortar comprises the following compositions in portion by mass: 800 to 1,200 portions of MG unsaturated polyester resin, 4,000 to 6,000 portions of limestone powder, 3 to 10 portions of dimethylaniline, and 6 to 12 portions of white carbon black, wherein the particle size of the limestone powder is between 80 and 120 meshes. The resin mortar and a curing agent form a bi-component anchoring agent. The anchoring agent can effectively reduce the consistency of the resin mortar, and improve the compressive strength after the solidification of the anchoring agent, thereby realizing the effects during the use such as high adhesive force, low stirring resistance and the like; and the anchoring agent meets the requirement of using large-diameter and high-strength anchor cables in the support of the coal mine roadways, reduces anchoring length, construction time and construction personnel, and improves the production efficiency.
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19 Aug 2009
TL;DR: The block-wedge type self-locking inner anchor head as discussed by the authors is applicable to a positive conical expanded hole and a reversed conical expanding hole of the inner cone segment of the anchor hole, can be connected with various anchor materials comprising an anchor bar or an anchor rope, greatly improves anchorage reliability and durability, solves the great technical difficult problems in prestressed anchorage engineering, and is particularly suitable for large engineering.
Abstract: A block-wedge type self-locking inner anchor head belongs to the technical field of rock or concrete anchoring, wherein a main body (1) is provided with a wedge groove (10) which corresponds to an inner cone segment (8) arranged in an anchor hole (9), a pin shaft (3) is arranged in the wedge groove (10) and is hinged with one end of a wedge block (2), the other end of the wedge block (2) faces tothe hole of the anchor hole (9) and is radically externally expanded through an externally-expanded mechanism (4). The block-wedge type self-locking inner anchor head satisfies the design requirementsthat a multi-layer anchor head allocates bolt-locking force according to design requirements. The block-wedge type self-locking inner anchor head is applicable to a positive conical expanded hole anda reversed conical expanded hole of the inner cone segment of the anchor hole, can be connected with various anchor materials comprising an anchor bar or an anchor rope, can be widely applied, greatly improves anchorage reliability and durability, solves the great technical difficult problems in prestressed anchorage engineering, and is particularly suitable for prestressed anchorage in large engineering.
TL;DR: In this article, the influence of anchoring conditions on the two-field-induced Freedericksz transition in ferronematics was analyzed using the Euler-Lagrange analytical method, and the correlation between the threshold intensities of the magnetic and the laser fields, the anchoring strength, the material and device parameters was found.
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24 Jun 2009
TL;DR: In this paper, a uniform pressure distribution type anchor cable, which comprises an outer anchor head, an anchor cable body and a multilevel cable body bearing structure, was proposed.
Abstract: The invention relates to a uniform pressure distribution type anchor cable, which comprises an outer anchor head, an anchor cable body and a multilevel cable body bearing structure. The first-level bearing structure of the cable body is a permanent bearing structure consisting of an extruding anchorage device and a bearing plate, the rest bearing structures at all levels are pressure-yielding bearing structures only consisting of pressure-yielding anchorage devices or consisting of pressure-yielding anchorage devices and bearing plates, the lengths of all prestressing tendons for forming the anchor cable body are equal, and the number of the bearing structures on each prestressing tendon is the same. The pressure-yielding anchorage device comprises an extruding sleeve and an anchoring medium, wherein the extruding sleeve and the anchoring medium are extruded and anchored on the prestressing tendons to form a pressure-yielding anchorage device; the anchoring medium is a spring wire with a circular cross section; and the prestressing tendons are non-bonded tendons made of stranded wires or wire cables or stranded wires and wire cables. The anchor cable has the advantages of having even integral stressed state, greatly reducing stress concentration of the anchored section in the anchor cable, and having excellent anchoring performance, simple construction process and safe operation.
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26 Sep 2009
TL;DR: In this paper, the connecting device (100) has an expansion device (110) and an actuating device (150) is provided for joint actuation of two expansion devices, where the expansion device acts as an anchor.
Abstract: The connecting device (100) has an anchoring device (106) for anchoring the connecting device in the former component and another anchoring device (108) for anchoring the connecting device in the latter component. The former anchoring device has an expansion device (110) and the latter anchoring device has another expansion device (142). An actuating device (150) is provided for joint actuation of two expansion devices.
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16 Dec 2009
TL;DR: In this paper, a bonded anchor for anchoring fiber reinforced plastic twisted strands or inhaul cables and an anchoring method are disclosed, one end of the anchor is provided with an end cover while the other end of anchor with a sleeve with positioning holes, the sleeve was provided with conical inner cavity, nuts are mounted on the circumference of the sleeve which provided with filling holes and exhaust holes.
Abstract: A bonded anchor for anchoring fiber reinforced plastic twisted strands or inhaul cables and an anchoring method are disclosed, one end of the anchor is provided with an end cover while the other end of the anchor is provided with a sleeve with positioning holes, the sleeve is provided with conical inner cavity, nuts are mounted on the circumference of the sleeve which is provided with filling holes and exhaust holes, the fiber reinforced plastic twisted strands or inhaul cables pass through the positioning holes and one ends thereof positioned at one end in the conical inner cavity are trussed into seven bifurcate strands, among which a support wedge block with a taper communicating hole is wedged to cause the seven strands to form a wedged shape; the bifurcate starting portion of one end of the strands or inhaul cables is sleeved with a retraining ring and the retraining ring is sleeved with a thin-wall aluminum sleeve by passing through the part of the positioning hole, the conical inner cavity of the sleeve is filled with reactive powder concrete. The method mainly comprises the steps that: pretension is applied to the strands or inhaul cables which previously axially pass through the sleeve of the anchor, and the reactive powder concrete is then filled in the sleeve. The invention improves anchoring performance of bonding medium and FPR twisted strand to thereby shorten anchoring length, and has simple structure, convenient usage, good safety and reliability, low cost and simple RPC manufacturing and maintenance.
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28 Jan 2009
TL;DR: In this paper, a ground anchor or rock anchor is provided that includes an anchor tension member composed of one or more individual elements, such as steel bars, steel wires, or steel wire strands.
Abstract: A ground anchor or rock anchor is provided that includes an anchor tension member composed of one or more individual elements, such as steel bars, steel wires, or steel wire strands. While the anchor tension member is intended to be introduced into a drilled hole and anchored there, the anchoring of the anchor tension member at the exposed end of the drilled hole is achieved with the aid of anchor head. To this end, the anchor head comprises a support element to bear directly or indirectly against the underlying rock or substratum, and an anchoring component for tensioning the individual elements, which can be brought into a frictional connection with the individual elements while bearing against the support element. In addition, a cap, which extends around the anchoring component and the ends of the individual elements, protects the exposed end of the anchor head. For secure attachment of the cap to the rest of the anchor head, between the support element and anchoring component, a connecting element is arranged that has a first closure component at its circumferential side, and has a second closure component of complementary shape on its circumferential side, wherein the first and second closure component work together to produce a frictional connection between the cap and connecting element.
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08 May 2009
TL;DR: In this article, a clamped pressure-grouted anchor body is provided with two steel pressure rings that are arranged at distance from each other and an aluminum deformation tube that is connected to the rings.
Abstract: The method involves providing a clamped pressure-grouted anchor (11) with a cylindrical anchor body, steel tensioning elements (15, 16) and an anchor head. Anchoring forces at different elongated regions of the pressure-grouted anchor are detected by measuring axial expansion of the material of the cylindrical anchor body using a resistance strain gauge. The anchor body is provided with two steel pressure rings that are arranged at distance from each other and an aluminum deformation tube that is connected to the rings. An independent claim is also included for a device for determining axial anchoring force characteristics at a clamped pressure-grouted anchor.
TL;DR: In this article, the higher-order component in liquid crystal surface free energy beyond the Rapini-Papoular anchoring potential was examined for azimuthal anchoring by analyzing nematic LC alignment on nanogrooved surfaces treated by rubbing or photoalignment.
Abstract: The higher-order component in liquid crystal (LC) surface free energy beyond the Rapini–Papoular anchoring potential was examined for azimuthal anchoring by analyzing nematic LC alignment on nanogrooved surfaces treated by rubbing or photoalignment. We confirmed that the surface anchoring energy for large director deviations cannot be properly described with the Rapini–Papoular form and should include higher order contributions in a power series of sin2 ϕ, as ∑n=12Wn sin2n ϕ, with ϕ being the azimuthal angular deviation. Based on the corrected Berreman’s theory, we obtained the anchoring ratio between the first and second order terms, W2/W1≈−1/4, and the surface elastic constant, K24≈−0.846K22, for 4-n-pentyl-4′-cyanobiphenyl.
TL;DR: By means of a molecular model, the existence of the steplike biaxial phase and the associated transition to the linear constant-tilt-rotation, configuration is confirmed and the latter transition is to be interpreted as the capillary isotropic-nematic transition in a hybrid film.
Abstract: By means of a molecular model, we examine hybrid nematic films with antagonistic anchoring angles where one of the surfaces is in the strong anchoring regime. If anchoring at the other surface is weak, and in the absence of wetting by the isotropic phase, the anchoring transition may interact with the capillary isotropic-nematic transition. For general anchoring conditions on this surface we confirm the existence of the steplike biaxial phase and the associated transition to the linear constant-tilt-rotation, configuration. The steplike phase is connected with the bulk isotropic phase for increasing film thickness so that the latter transition is to be interpreted as the capillary isotropic-nematic transition in a hybrid film.
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30 Sep 2009
TL;DR: In this article, a nail anchor using an anchoring member and a construction method thereof is provided to be anchored in the underground, where the anchor is mounted in the perforation hole.
Abstract: PURPOSE: A nail anchor using an anchoring member and a construction method thereof are provided to be anchored in the underground. CONSTITUTION: A nail anchor comprises an anchoring unit(100) and a communication unit(200). The anchoring unit includes an anchoring shaft(110), a support member(120), a link, and a anchoring member(140). The anchoring shaft is mounted in the perforation hole. The support members are respectively coupled with the right thread and left thread of the anchoring shaft. The link connects each support member radially. The anchoring member is fastened in the link and permitted to rotate. The connection unit connects the anchoring unit with the perforation hole. Each support member simultaneously moves along the right and left threads by rotation of the connection unit.
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30 Dec 2009
TL;DR: In this paper, a social network server provides collaboration networking capability for a network system such as a business system, where a user can request to tie a collaboration thread to an anchor in the system.
Abstract: A social network server provides collaboration networking capability for a network system such as a business system. A user can request to tie a collaboration thread to an anchor in the system. The anchor is a primary topic, which can be selected from topics provided by the system, or entered by the user. The selectable topics are derived from within the system. Whether selected or entered, the topic is associated with the collaboration thread to allow the thread to be managed as a resource in the system. The audience for the collaboration thread is controlled by the user, where topics can be applied as filters to generate an audience. The primary topic directs audience selection, and additional audience selection can be achieved by applying boundary topics. The collaboration thread is presented only to the audience, and the audience can be dynamically altered.
TL;DR: A theoretical study on the shape of the interface between coexisting isotropic and nematic phases in contact with a solid vertical wall finds the capillary rise height to depend nontrivially on the orientation of the director field relative to the solid-fluid interface.
Abstract: A theoretical study is presented on the shape of the interface between coexisting isotropic and nematic phases in contact with a solid vertical wall. The interface profile is determined by a competition between three surface tensions, two anchoring strengths, gravity, and the Frank elastic constants of the director field. In the weak-anchoring limit, the director field is rigid and uniform, and we find the capillary rise height to depend nontrivially on the orientation of the director field relative to the solid-fluid interface. For strong surface anchoring, the director field adjusts to the preferred homeotropic or planar anchoring at the solid-liquid and liquid-liquid interfaces. The shape of the interfacial profile is now a function of the balance between the surface energy and the splay and bend elastic deformation energies. Interestingly, for both weak and strong anchoring the profile decays nonmonotonically albeit only very weakly so. We compare our theory with recent capillary rise experiments on coexisting isotropic and nematic phases of colloidal platelets [van der Beek et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 2006, 97, 087801] and are able to extract from the experimental data the surface tension and the anchoring strength.
TL;DR: In this article, the authors revisited the anchoring mechanism believed to be the source of the postbuckling strength of plate girder web panels and found that the contribution of the flange anchor mechanism to the post buckling strength is negligibly small not because the flanges are too flexible to function as anchors but because the transverse stiffeners are axially too flexible.
Abstract: This study revisits the anchoring mechanism believed to be the source of the postbuckling strength of plate girder web panels. In classical tension field theories, it has been implicitly assumed that a tension field cannot develop in the web panel without recourse to the anchoring mechanism of the flanges and/or adjacent panels. The contribution of the flange anchoring mechanism in practical plate girders differs from theory to theory. It has been found during this study that the anchoring mechanism hardly develops, no matter how heavy the flanges are, without transverse stiffeners that have sufficient axial stiffness necessary to keep the flanges from moving the web panel inwards during the anchoring action. In practical plate girders, the contribution of the flange anchoring mechanism to the postbuckling strength is negligibly small not because the flanges are too flexible to function as anchors but because the transverse stiffeners are axially too flexible to support the flanges. Taking advantage of the flange anchoring mechanism in practical designs is beyond the realm of possibility because it requires an inconceivably high axial stiffness of the transverse stiffeners.
TL;DR: In this paper, the postbuckling strength of the web panel in normal plate girders is attributed to lateral supports provided by the flanges and the transverse stiffeners.
Abstract: This study brings light to the source of plastic hinge-like failure modes often observed in tests. It is found that such failure modes, accompanied by severe flange deformations, are not due to the anchoring action of the flanges, but are due to direct shear force acting on the flange cross sections. This study also examines why the horizontal anchoring mechanism cannot develop in interior panels or in end panels with a heavy end stiffener. The results obtained in this study, along with the findings reported in the companion paper (Part I), reveal that the anchoring mechanism is virtually nonexistent in normal plate girders. That is to say, the postbuckling strength of the web panel in normal plate girders is mostly attributable to the postbuckling mechanism developed by means of lateral supports provided by the flanges and the transverse stiffeners. It is also found that a tension field can develop in the end panel and it is recommended, therefore, that any restriction contrary to this observation found in current design codes be repealed.
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03 Apr 2009
TL;DR: In this article, an anchoring assembly for anchoring MEMS devices is described. But the anchor is rigidly connected to the top substrate and the bottom substrate, and the second portion of the anchor can be used as an anchor point for the MEMS device.
Abstract: An anchoring assembly for anchoring MEMS device is disclosed. The anchoring assembly comprises: a top substrate; a bottom substrate substantially parallel to the top substrate; and a first portion of the anchor between the top substrate and the bottom substrate. The first portion of the anchor is rigidly connected to the top substrate; and the first portion of the anchor is rigidly connected to the bottom substrate. A second portion of the anchor is between the top substrate and the bottom substrate. The second portion of the anchor is rigidly connected to the top substrate; the second portion of the anchor being an anchoring point for the MEMS device. A substantially flexible mechanical element coupling the first portion of the anchor and the second portion of the anchor; the flexible element providing the electrical connection between the first portion of the anchor and the second portion of the anchor.
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16 Apr 2009
TL;DR: In this article, a cable anchoring device for fiber optic cable to a building, wall, pole or other structure is described, which includes a spool component about which the cable is wrapped at least two times.
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a cable anchoring device for anchoring a fiber optic cable to a building, wall, pole or other structure. The cable anchoring device includes a spool component about which the fiber optic cable is wrapped at least two times. The cable anchoring device also includes a clamping component that cooperates with the spool component to anchor the cable.