INVESTIGATION OF THE DOWEL SHEAR FORCES CARRIED BY THE TENSILE STEEL IN REINFORCED CONCRETE BEAMS

TESTS CARRIED OUT ON 12 PROTOTYPE AND 34 MODEL BEAMS ENABLED SIMPLE FORMULAS TO BE DEVELOPED TO ASSESS THE ULTIMATE STRENGTH OF THE DOWEL AND ALLOW A LOAD-DISPLACEMENT GRAPH TO BE PRODUCED. IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT THE DOWEL GENERALLY CARRIED ABOUT 12% OF THE TOTAL SHEAR FORCE ON THE BEAM AND IN SOME CASES AS MUCH AS 20%. /RRL(A)/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Tech Rept TRA 431, 24 PP, 29 FIG, 5 TAB, 5 PHOT, 9 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Cement and Concrete Association

  52 Grosvenor Gardens
  London SW1W 0AQ,   England 
• Authors:
  • Taylor, H P
• Publication Date: 1969-11

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Beams; Concrete; Dowels (Fasteners); Reinforced concrete; Shear stress; Ultimate strength
• Uncontrolled Terms: Concrete beams; Shear forces
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00208714
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Road Research Laboratory /UK
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 3 1971 12:00AM