Hi All,
Quick question regarding HILTI's Profis software. A structural engineer has verified a chemical bond anchor of a foundation anchor (into a concrete base) on site using the HILTI profis software (it is indeed a HILTI anchor on site). For the design load input in the software the engineer only considered the actions on the structure from dead/snow/wind loads etc. But there is no explicit mention of loads from pre-torquing the bolt.
The engineer has specified that the maximum pre-torque specified by HILTI for this product is followed on site. My question is, does the HILTI software have a baked in assumption that the maximum pre-torque will be applied. I want to know if the utilisation figures presented in the calculations are reflective of the on site installation.