I read with sadness the thoughts expressed in the last two posts. Sometimes, I too wonder why, when we know the right thing to do, that we don't do it and insist upon it. My pet peeve is when I see a geotechnical report (even ones that cost $20K+) with plenty of borings and/or test pits, but...
KootK: Your points are well taken. I've thought about the dowel in shear vs dowel in tension that you bring up, and conclude that the tension model is cleaner, less moving parts, i.e. no dealing with lateral loads on thin steel dowels, worries of rock fracturing under high lateral point loads...
Hi KootK:
Thanks for your clear responses.
Under your additional thoughts,
1. Barf ?- I assume you mean how unpleasant dealing with the arch/contractor's complaints.
2. How would you design the dowels to take the sliding if not in shear friction? and yes, We do need to develop the dowels-...
I'm looking for other engineers input here on doweling into bedrock for continuous strip footings. The project is located on a significantly sloping site. Overall 20 ft drop over 100 ft length. The bedrock surface varies from 0 ft to 4 ft below the existing sloping ground surface. Loads along...
