Joint lockup due to dowel misalignment significantly affects joint and concrete pavement performance by causing distresses. The current paper presents an experimental study assess the effectiveness of standard pull-out test in evaluation effect on Jointed Plain Concrete Pavement (JPCP). tests were conducted at two different ages ; 3 28 days. results showed that or individually pulling misaligne...

Abstract The resource of shear resistance provided by the dowel mechanism rebar in reinforced concrete (RC) structures can significantly affected simultaneous presence axial loading. This occurs for example plastic hinges seismic resistant structures. In fact, at load reversals cycles large deformation demand, rebars are subjected to combined and loading, particularly those section where transf...

In recent years many research on composite beams with innovative shear transmission with composite dowels have been conducted and innovative composite constructions have been built. One of the common types of shear connection is the method of rolled girders encased in a concrete slab. The combination of such method and pcb (precast composite beam) technology is called pcb-W (precast composite b...

How similar are judgements concerning how we expect to perform an action, to how we actually behave? The veracity of such prospective action judgements, and the mechanisms by which they are computed, was explored in a series of tasks that involved either grasping (MC conditions) or thinking about grasping (PJ conditions) a dowel presented in various orientations. PJs concerning limits of comfor...