dowel bar

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dowel
noun[C]
uk
/daʊəl/us
/daʊəl/
a rod, usually made of wood, that is used to hold two parts of something together by fitting into a hole in ...
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bar
noun[C]
uk
/bɑːr/us
/bɑːr/
a place where drinks, especially alcoholic drinks, are sold and drunk, or the area in such a place where the person serving the ...
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Place silicone at all joints and cracks followed by thedowelbarassemblies in each slot.
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First, make two saw cuts in the pavement to outline the longitudinal sides of eachdowelbarslot.
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The bond breaker is to be applied on all surfaces of thedowelbar.
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Maintenance for the older concrete pavements that develop faults includes the technique calleddowelbarretrofit.
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An example is thedowelbarretrofit process to reinforce concrete slabs in order to extend the life of the older concrete pavements.
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Saw slots parallel to each other and to the centerline of the roadway with a maximum tolerance of 14-inch per 12 inches ofdowelbarlength.
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At transverse joints, dowel bars are typically placed to assist with transferring the load of the vehicle across the cracking.
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At the end of the tunnel is a rat in a cage, which is placed behind dowel bars.
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Complete installation of retrofit dowels, with dowel bars and backfill placed prior to reopening the lane to public traffic.
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Dowel bars are used as load-transferring devices to efficiently transfer loads across transverse joints while maintaining the joint's horizontal and vertical alignment.
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In modern highways, dowel bars are once again placed across joints and at intervals along the pavement.
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The epoxy-coated dowel bars are placed in the slots, then the slots are filled with grout and the joints or cracks are filled with waterproof caulk.
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