In: Civil Engineering
Design size and spacing of dowel bars at an expansion jiont of concerete pavement of thickness 25cm.Given the radius of raltive stifness of 80cm. design wheel load 70kn. load capacity of the dowel system is 50 percent of design wheel load. jiont width is 2.0 cm and the permissible stress in shear, bensing and bearing stress in dowel bars are 1000,1400 and 100kg/cm*2 respectively.