MECHANISTIC EVALUATION OF VERTICAL MISALIGNMENT OF DOWEL BARS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON JOINT PERFORMANCE

Authors

  • Lev Khazanovich
  • Neeraj Buch
  • Alex Gotlif
  • Michael Eacker

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33593/iccp.v7i1.227

Keywords:

misaligned dowels, dowels, mechanistic evaluation, joint performance, ABAQUS

Abstract

This paper presents the results of finite element modeling of misaligned dowels. It shows that uniformly misaligned dowels perform similar to perfectly aligned dowels. On the other hand, non-uniformly misaligned dowels may cause joint lock-up and significant stresses in the surrounding concrete, which may lead to premature joint failure and reduce pavement life.

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Published

2001-09-09

Issue

2001: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Concrete Pavements

Section

Articles

How to Cite

[1]
Khazanovich, L. et al. 2001. MECHANISTIC EVALUATION OF VERTICAL MISALIGNMENT OF DOWEL BARS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON JOINT PERFORMANCE. Proceedings of the International Conference on Concrete Pavements. 7, 1 (Sep. 2001). DOI:https://doi.org/10.33593/iccp.v7i1.227.