Experimental Study of Dowel Bar Alternatives Based on Similarity Model Test

Table 6

Steel dowel and FRP dowel having the same performance.

		Accelerated loading test			Theoretical calculation using Friberg’s bearing; stress analysis
		Melham and Sheffield pulse load system [11]	Embacher et al. full-scale repeated load test [16]	Similarity model test
Diameter	Steel	1 in; (25.4 mm)	1.5 in; (38.1 mm)	1.65 in; (42 mm)	1.5 in; (38.1 mm)	1.65 in; (42 mm)
	FRP	1.5 in; (38.1 mm)	2 in; (50.8 mm)	2.2 in; (56 mm)	1.91 in; (48.5 mm)	2.13 in; (54 mm)