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3 3 All dowel bars shall be coated with an appropriate and approved bond breaking material prior to installation in concrete pavement unless the dowel bar manufacturer demonstrates that dowel pull out forces as determined using Section 6 of ACPA T 253provision concrete pavements are classified as given in 2 1 1 to 2 1 4 2 1 1 Piain Cement Concrete PCC Pauemenis ATo reinforcement is provitled in this case except the optional local provision of dowel bars and tie bars or hairpin Introduction Pavement joints dowels and tie bars Benefits of dowel and tie bars Dowel and tie bar design Construction Summary Presentation Outline 2nd International Conference on Best November 2 2011 Practices for Concrete Pavements2018 10 5 nbsp 0183 32 Dowel bars Dowel bars are placed at the transverse joints of concrete pavement and they take part in partial wheel load transfer from one slab to its adjacent slab The dowel bars also allow axial thermal expansion and contraction of the concrete slab along the axis2016 11 1 nbsp 0183 32 According to the Chinese cement concrete pavement design standard the pavement thickness corresponding to dowel diameters of 28 cm 30 cm 32 cm 35 cm 38 cm for different traffic levels were selected as shown in Table 6 Download Download high res image 28KB Download Download full size image Fig 8

Dowel Bar Length – How did we get to 18 inches As a bit of background the first pavement dowels used consistently in this country were 189 in diameter 24 in long bare steel bars 4 per lane back in the 1920s I believe Dowel diameter increased and2020 8 23 nbsp 0183 32 Dowels bar amp Tie bar are short mild steel bars dowel bar helps to transfer the wheel load to the adjacent concrete slab pavement it prevents from the deve 2020 6 5 nbsp 0183 32 Dowel Bars The dowel bars are small steel bars that are used to produce a mechanical connection between slabs without restricting horizontal joint movement and these bars are mainly used in the jointed plain concrete pavement to ABOUT OUR DOWEL BARS American Paving Supply manufacturers dowels bars in various diameters and lengths as specified by the purchaser The purpose of dowel bars is to transfer loads across a joint without restricting joint movement due to thermal contraction and expansion of the concrete To develop load transfer across a joint dowel bars are Dowel placement in concrete pavements to identify o problems with alignment o extent of misalignment o methods for determining misalignment and o effect of misalignment on performance Factors contributing to dowel bar misalignment A 1

2018 3 16 nbsp 0183 32 415 1080 1199 Concrete Pavement HES inch SY 416 0620 Drilled Dowel Bars EACH Standardized Special Provisions associated with this STSP NUMBER TITLE NONE Other SDDs associated with this drawing SDD 13C1 Concrete Pavement Tie bars are deformed rebars or connectors used for holding faces of rigid slabs in contact to maintain aggregate interlock Tie bars are not load transferring device For instance tie bars are used in longitudinal joints in concrete pavement Dowel bars are smooth round bars which mainly serve as load transfer device across concrete joints Dowel Bar Alignment in Concrete Pavements 21st Century Standards and Methods Dowel bars are used in the construction of jointed concrete pavements to provide load transfer which is vital to long performance Misaligned or improperly placed dowels may cause poor joint performance that would lead to pavement distresses such as cracking Explanation i The purpose of the dowel bar is to effectively transfer the load between two concrete slabs and to keep the two slabs in same height ii The dowel bars are provided in the direction of the traffic longitudinal Half length of this bar is bonded in one cement concrete slab and the remaining portion is embedded in adjacent Dowel Bars for Concrete Street and Highway Pavement ACPA M254 21 April 8 2021 This document provides an alternative and revised version of the America Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials AASHTO Specification AASHTO M 254

2020 10 14 nbsp 0183 32 DOWEL BAR Dowel bars are short round and smooth steel bars used to provide a mechanical connection between slabs without restricting horizontal joint movement These bars are mainly used in jointed plain concrete pavement JPCP to reduce the additional stress and loss induced due to the moving vehicle 2020 7 25 nbsp 0183 32 Why dowel bar is used in rigid pavement The primary advantage of dowel bars is to transfer load without restricting horizontal joint movements due to temperature and moisture expansion and contraction in the concrete slabs Also dowel bars play a role to maintain the vertical and horizontal alignment of slabs dowel load transfer systems for concrete pavement systems including dowel basket design and fabrication and presents recommendations for widespread adoption i e standardization Development of the guide was sponsored by the National ConcreteDowel Bar Alignment What Do We Need What Should We Expect and a few other topics NC Concrete Pavement Conference Embassy Suites Greensboro Airport October 29 2018 Mark B Snyder Ph D P E Pavement Engineering and Research2020 3 10 nbsp 0183 32 In most instances the concrete will shrink away from the dowel as it cures For most areas the dowels do not expand from heat however the concrete does and can push the dowel In some areas the pavement heats up to the point that this occurs

Dowel bars purple steel bars being placed at the location where transverse joints will be in the finished PCC pavement Here bars are attached to cages which are minimalist bar structures designed to hold dowels at the right location before the concrete is paved over them Dowel bars are short steel bars that are installed in concrete slabs to provide a mechanical connection that doesn t restrict horizontal joint movement They are designed to reduce joint deflection and stress in the approach and leave slab by increasing load transfer efficiency Typically dowel bars are used in concrete pavements vStudy dowel and tie bars and know when and how to use them vLearn about the three joint types normally specified for a concrete pavement vUnderstand the various types of equipment used to form joints 1240 Dowel bars corrosion in concrete pavement Saad A Abo Qudais and Imad L Al Qadi Abstract To study the effectiveness of sealants in reducing chlorides and water intrusion into pavement joint openings nine 122 215 91 215 20 cm concrete slabs were fabricated Dowel bar is a terminology used in concrete pavements in general Dowel bars are round steel bars not torr steel The bars are placed between two concrete slabs so that loads are transferred between the two slabs and allowing for any