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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"mechanical fasteners"”.
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Performance of Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Tapes In Wood Light-Frame Shear Walls
… and the comparison of connections involving mechanical fasteners with those that utilized only adhesive tape or a combination of the two. It was found that an application pressure of 207 kPa (30 psi) or greater was needed to form a sound bond between the acrylic foam adhesive tape and a wood …
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Numerical and Experimental Investigations on Static Behaviour of Composite Cold-Formed Steel and Timber Flooring System
… plywood panels using four different types of mechanical fasteners as shear connections. For all the tested composite specimens, improvements in the ultimate loading capacity and stiffness were found as a result of the mobilisation of composite action. A three-dimensional (3D) finite element …
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Structural connections in plywood friction-fit construction
… complex 3D geometries without the use of foreign mechanical fasteners. This thesis studies the behavior of the friction-fit attachment geometries which serve as the sole means of structural connections. The thesis begins by describing the process of converting digital files into physical objects. …
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Multi-material Adhesive Bonded Joints Under Static And Dynamic Loading
… the elimination or reduction of traditional mechanical fasteners and facilitating the integration of dissimilar materials, adhesives can contribute to more efficient, lightweight designs. However, to fully leverage these benefits—especially in high-performance applications—adhesive materials …
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Variations in low-grade wood modification and stress lamination
… show performance beyond that of conventional mechanical fasteners. Twenty-five columns were also tested at full-scale, showing comparable buckling performance to Eurocode estimates for solid timber. Examples from literature and a new detail with overdried hardwood plates, tested during a …
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Structural modelling of adhesive joints in automotive bodies
… are stiffer than assemblies fabricated with mechanical fasteners or spot-welds. The use of adhesives, either as an alternative or a supplement to spot-welding, is of interest because of the potential improvements in joint stiffness and in the overall behaviour of the structure. The effective …
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Application of stiffness geometries in the lightweight design and optimization of automotive monolithic deep-drawn hard-shell rooftops
… are manufactured separately and joined using mechanical fasteners (bolts, nuts, rivets), adhesives, or welding. This leads to design, manufacturing process and quality limitations such as excessive weight as reported by customers, a high number of individual parts, multiple process operations, …
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Lateral Torsional Buckling of Built-Up Beams
… composed of multiple thin plies of equal depth, mechanically connected along their vertical interfaces using discrete fasteners to provide partial composite action. These beams are increasingly used in modern timber structures because thin plies are more economical and more readily available than …
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Development of A Ready-To-Assemble Construction System
To accommodate an expanding global population, a renewable raw material resource base, in conjunction with new building technologies, must be applied to the residential housing sector. Desirable characteristics of housing systems are economy, safety, environmental sustainability, durability, design …