Verification Testing for Ground Anchor Assemblies

From: HUD USER News
 
HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R)
has released outcome data on verification testing
conducted on conventional ground anchor assemblies for
manufactured housing installations. The performance of
these assemblies is critical to the overall quality and
structural integrity of manufactured home installations.
 
The testing sought to verify the draft Ground Anchor
Assembly Test Protocol (GAATP), which was developed to
serve as a nationally recognized test protocol as called
for in the Model Manufactured Home Installation Standard.
This study assesses the proposed GAATP based on actual
implementation of the test protocol using a variety of
conventional ground anchor assemblies, test
configurations, and site soil conditions. In addition, a
new test rig was developed in compliance with the GAATP
rig requirements and implemented to facilitate an
efficient and repeatable method of ground anchor testing.
 
The results are published in Research and Analysis for
Manufactured Housing Foundations: Ground Anchor
Verification Testing. The report and supplemental data
are available online and can be downloaded at no cost
at www.huduser.gov/portal/publications/destech/grnd_anchor_2d.html.
 
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