Standard Specification for
Corrosion-Resistant Coated Dowel Bars
AASHTO Designation: M 254-77 (2000) We
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44 This specification covers the materials, manufacture, and installation of coated dowel bars to
be used where corrosion resistant performance is essential and may be used in lieu of stainless
or other approved noncorrosive metals. The dowel shall consist of a steel core covered by an
organic coating
1.2. The coated dowels shall be one of the two following types:
Type A—The coating material develops sufficiently low bond strength with concrete that a bond
breaker is not required.
Type B—The coating material develops bond strength with concrete such that a bond breaker is
required, The type of bond breaker used shall be as recommended by the coating manufacturer.
1.3. The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard.
2) "REFERENCED DOCUMENTS —
24 AASHTO Standards:
= M25SM/M 255, Steel Bars, Carbon, Hot-Wrought, Special Quality, Mechanical Properties
= 1253, Coated Dowel Bars
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22 ASTM Standards:
= A633, Normalized High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel Plates
= G12, Nondestructive Measurements of Film Thickness of Pipeline Coatings of Stee!
23, Other References:
= FHWA-RD-74-18, “Nonmetallic Coating for Concrete Reinforcing Bars,” 1974
3. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
atte The coated dowels shall resist corrosion and degradation caused by roadway deicing materials and
normal highway debris.
3.2 The coating shall develop low-bond strengths with portland cement concrete without a bond
breaker, if Type A, or with the proper bond breaker if Type B.
33 The coating shall resist wear due to abrasion resulting from pavement expansion and contraction.
34 The coating used over the steel core shall be continuous on the lateral surface of the dowel
TS-4g M 254-1 AASHTO3.5,
3.6.
37.
3.8.
Test procedures as stated herein and in T 253 shall apply to both Type A and Type B dowels.
In the event there is any change in material composition or geometries of the joint support system,
any or all parts of the dowels and assembly are subject to retesting. The frequency of qualification
testing will be determined by the purchasing agency.
The processing facilities of the manufacturer and the fabricator shall be open to inspection by the
agent of the purchaser at all times during the manufacturing and fabricating of the material
A minimum of 24 dowel bars shall be made available for testing. Of these, 2 maximum of six bars
may be in a basket assembly.
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5.1.
5.2.
5.3.
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MATERIALS
The core material shall be of steel meeting the requirements of ASTM A 633/A 633M or
M 255M/M 255 as specified by the purchasing agency.
The coating material shall be of organic composition with the exception of the pigment which may
‘oF may not be present and which may have an inorganic composition.
Note 1—The Type B coating material may be one of ie types recommended in
Report No. FHWA-RD-74-18 or other types approved by the purchasing agency.
DIMENSIONS
‘The core metal shall be 31.8-mm (1"ve-in.) diameter or as specified by the purchasing, agency.
The nonabraded thickness of the Type A coating shall be 0.64 £ 0.13 mm (25 £$ mils). The
nonabraded thickness of the Type B coating shall be 0.18 + 0.05 mm (7 2 mils),
Coating thickness shal! be determined according °o ASTM G 12 or by sttipping the coating irom
the bar.
The dowels shall be supplied to lengths and in support assemblies or baskets as specified by the
purchasing agency.
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6.2.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
‘The free ends of the dowels shall be saw cut and free of burrs and projections.
Dowel coatings shall be free from contamination, perforations, cracks, and holidays (pinholes not
Nisually discemible). Check for holidays shall be performed by the electric resistance process
A 67.5-volt holiday detector shall be used, as recommended by the manufacturer of the test
equipment, for the determination of holidays.
Any damage which results from welding or mechanical fixation to achieve a fixed-end condition
Shall not extend more than 25.4 mm (I in.) in from the weld or point of fixation
Welding to achieve a fixed-end condition shall be sufficiently strong to maintain dowel alignment
lunder the forces imposed by concrete placement and construction practices
M 254-2 AASHTO.