A U.S. Army service member closes the hood on a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle he just repaired at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan on Jan. 12, 2016. (Sgt. 1st Class Nathan Hutchison/Army)) A ...

Some joint-design considerations are universal; others vary with the assembly methods used. Each joining technique has particular design requirements, while certain joint requirements may suggest a ...

• time factors in the assembly process. The adhesive can be applied by either an automated robotic system, a bulk dispensing system or a portable hand held dispensing cartridge which allows the system ...

When comparing its importance to effort expended, few aspects of product development are more out of balance than joint design. Design decisions made early in product development are generally the ...

Contraction joints (sometimes called control joints) are used in unreinforced and lightly reinforced slabs-on-ground to minimize random cracking. By creating straight-line weakened-planes in concrete, ...

President, Wyoming Test Fixtures Inc. Figure 1b. ASTM D8387 high bypass/low bearing test configurations. Tensile test specimen with doubler plates (left) and compressive test specimen with doubler ...

INDIAN PARTNERSHIPS: Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai, speaking in Washington last month, has called for joint design and coproduction of weapons and defense capabilities with the U.S. During an ...