Please, I would like to get some recommendation to join the wall of a Culvert that was separated from its foundation. The separation is approx. 1-inch, the foundation has settlement. We are planning to use Eucopoxy (EUCO #452) Injection Resin-Structural Bonding Adhesive, however we were told...
I want to thank everybody who responded, everything was helpful. I finally desigend the new culvert as a box curvert without bottom slab (a frame). To tie the new and the old section I used dowells #7 x 1'6" long @ 12" C.O.
I read most of the referenced you recommended.
Thanks !!! GGC
chichuck, I just read your message. Thanks a lot for your response. I just got a magazine from HILTI and I am going to know more about dowells. Again Thanks!!!
SlideRuleEra and SamDamon, Thank you very much for your answers, they are very helpful. I am also looking at the information you recommended.
If possible, I just want to know something else: Why in my case, no specific force can be calculated in order to determine the forces the dowells are...
SlideRuleEra, Thank you very much for your response. Could you please tell me how you would estimate the length of the dowells??. I can estimate the number and the diameter using the shear but have no to much idea about the length.
On the other hand, Could you give me your opinion about placing...
I need to extend a culvert (6' each side), for that need to design a new culvert without bottom (frame) and join to the existing culvert approx. 28' long. I want to know the best way to connect the new concrete section to the existing concrete frame. The beam or slab and the walls of the frame...