Rolf Eligehausen, Prof. Dr.-Ing. studied structural engineering at the Technical University Brunswick and gained his doctorate from the University of Stuttgart. Following two years of research at the University of California Berkeley, he became professor for fastenings technology at Otto Graf Institute, University of Stuttgart in 1984.He is a member of numerous national and international expert commissions in the fields of steel-reinforced concrete and fastening technologies and the author of a large number of essays on these topics.Rainer Mallée, Dr.-Ing. studied structural engineering at the Technical University Brunswick and gained his doctorate from the University of Stuttgart. Between 1980 and 1987 he was head of Professor Rehm's engineering company in Munich, before becoming head of development in fastening elements at fischer in Waldachtal. Since 1996 he has been head of research at the fischer group of companies.John F. Silva, MS, SE gained his Master of Civil Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley and is a Structural Engineer. He worked for ca. 10 years in San Francisco at two renowned engineering firms concentrating on inter alia fastenings during earthquakes. He worked in the development centre at HILTI for four years and currently works in their San Francisco offices.

• 1 Introduction 11.1 A historical review 11.2 Requirements for fastenings 21.3 Nature and direction of actions 22 Fastening systems 52.1 General 52.2 Cast-in-place systems 52.3 Drilled-in systems 102.4 Direct installation 293 Principles 333.1 General 333.2 Behaviour of concrete in tension 343.3 Failure mechanisms of fastenings 373.4 Cracked concrete 513.5 Why anchors may use the tensile strength of concrete 543.6 Prestressing of anchors 553.7 Loads on anchors 584 Behaviour of headed studs, undercut anchors and metal expansion anchors in non-cracked and cracked concrete 654.1 Non-cracked concrete 654.2 Cracked concrete 1425 Behaviour of cast-in anchor channels in non-cracked and cracked concrete 1635.1 Non-cracked concrete 1635.2 Cracked concrete 1796 Behaviour of bonded anchors in non-cracked and cracked concrete 1816.1 Non-cracked concrete 1816.2 Cracked concrete 2046.3 Bonded undercut anchors and bonded expansion anchors 2087 Behaviour of plastic anchors in non-cracked and cracked concrete 2117.1 Non-cracked concrete 2117.2 Cracked concrete 2208 Behaviour of power actuated fasteners in non-cracked and cracked concrete 2238.1 Non-cracked concrete 2238.2 Cracked concrete 2259 Behaviour of screw anchors in non-cracked and cracked concrete 2279.1 Installation 2279.2 Non-cracked concrete 2319.3 Cracked concrete 23410 Behaviour of anchors under seismic loading 23710.1 Anchor applications 23710.2 Seismic actions 23810.4 Behaviour of anchors under seismic conditions 24011 Behaviour of anchors in fire 24912 Corrosion of anchors 25513 Influence of fastenings on the capacity of components in which they are installed 25914 Design of fastenings 26514.1 General 26514.2 Verifying the suitability of an anchor system 26614.3 Design of fastenings with post-installed metal expansion, undercut and bonded expansion anchors according to the EOTA Guideline 26714.4 Design of fastenings according to the CEN Technical Specification 28314.5 Design of fastenings with cast-in and post-installed metal anchors according to ACI 318-05 Appendix D 330References 343Subject Index 371