Dowel-type connections are common in timber engineering, but current design codes largely based on empiricism and oversimplified. This inhibits the optimised use of connections, which is essential for economically efficient structures. study investigates 3D computational modelling to predict slip modulus (a key measure stiffness) single double shear, dowel-type featuring a softwood dowel. Initi...

The technique of using clay-sand mixtures as liners has been widely used in several geotechnical projects where hydraulic barriers or waste-buffer layers are required. During weather fluctuations and below-zero temperature conditions, these can be subjected to successive freeze-thaw cycles. serviceability such needs examined during their lifetime for efficiency function under suspected conditio...

Cracking of the concrete cover due to corrosion is defined as the serviceability limit state of reinforced concrete structures. This study evaluated the influence of a mineral admixture i.e. nano wollastonite on corrosion performance and serviceability of reinforced concrete structures by performing an accelerated corrosion test on ten reinforced concrete beams under a sustained load. To do so,...

In this paper, three-dimensional elasto-plastic finite element analysis was performed on flexible pavements under vertical repeated traffic loads to evaluate their shakedown behavior. Six different pavements with different structural number (SN) were modeled and subjected to a wide range of cyclic vehicle loads. Shakedown limits were obtained considering both failure and serviceability restrain...