Abstract
This paper proposes a new mechanical model to describe the dowel action with the aim of using the model to gain a deeper understanding of the unstable dowel splitting cracking observed in shear experiments of beams without shear reinforcement. The model was developed by combining beam on elastic foundation (BEF) theory and fracture mechanics. The proposed model is able to predict the whole evolution process of dowel action until the propagation of the dowel splitting crack becomes unstable. The model theoretically proves that the development of a dowel splitting crack can become unstable under certain conditions, therefore leading to the unstable shear failure of the whole member. In addition to the derivation of the analytical model, the paper also validates the model using data from the literature. Finally, an analytical solution of the critical shear displacement that triggers the unstable dowel splitting crack is derived. It can be used to improve the failure criterion initially proposed in the Critical Shear Displacement Theory (CSDT).
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