Design of Dowels and Fastenings in Concrete
Jan Feltham
‘Abstract
This Note discusses the position regarding advice on the design of steel dowels or fastenings in
‘concrete. It concentrates on two documents originally published by the Comité Euro-Intermational du
BBéton (CEB), one dealing with dowels, the other with fastenings
Introduction
Neither 8S8110' nor EC2* give guidance on the shear resistance of steel dowels or fastenings
(anchors, studs, and lugs) in concrete. However advice is available from the CEB-FIP, which have
‘now merged to form the Intemational Federation for Structural Concrete (fb),
Dowels
The GEB-FIP Model Code 1890" (IMC9O) gives some rather restrictive guidance on the strength of,
dowels, which is based on the work of Rasmussen.
F: 2565
aa
2345, A
Tp 28be.
Fig. 1 Geometric conditions
‘The expression for the design shear resistance, Fis, ofa dowel with the geometric conditions given in
Fig 1s:
Fug = (18h) Xa! XIN # (1.36)7} = 1.3e] x Vestax (T= SI} /
but not greater than A,{4/3 (the shear resistance of the dove!)
with = Sen) x ta)
where: ¢ denotes the diameter
‘A, denotes the cross-sectional area of the dowel,
{aa the design value of the compressive strength of concrete, which is equivalent to
(.67'../y, in 858110 terminology
{hai the design value of the steel yield stress, which is equivalent to fy in BSB110
terminology
is the load eccentricity
‘esi @ partial coefficient which may be taken equal to 1.3
Cis cute (Where g, is the simultaneous axial stress (tensile or compressive) inthe bar),
‘The expression applies only to dowels that are placed before casting ofthe concrete, The shear