| Preface |
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List of symbols and conversion factors |
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1 | (22) |
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1 | (2) |
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1 | (1) |
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2 | (1) |
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3 | (1) |
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3 | (2) |
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5 | (3) |
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The good points about aluminium |
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6 | (1) |
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6 | (2) |
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8 | (3) |
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8 | (1) |
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9 | (1) |
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Establishment of the alloys |
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10 | (1) |
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10 | (1) |
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11 | (5) |
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11 | (1) |
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12 | (1) |
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13 | (1) |
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14 | (1) |
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14 | (1) |
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15 | (1) |
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16 | (7) |
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23 | (17) |
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Production of aluminium metal |
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23 | (1) |
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23 | (1) |
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24 | (1) |
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24 | (3) |
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24 | (1) |
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25 | (1) |
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25 | (1) |
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25 | (1) |
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Special forms of flat product |
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26 | (1) |
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27 | (11) |
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27 | (1) |
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Heat-treatment of extrusions |
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28 | (1) |
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29 | (1) |
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29 | (2) |
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31 | (2) |
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Extrudability of different alloys |
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33 | (1) |
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Size and thickness limits |
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34 | (1) |
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35 | (1) |
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Design possibilities with extrusions |
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36 | (2) |
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38 | (2) |
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38 | (1) |
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38 | (1) |
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39 | (1) |
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40 | (19) |
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40 | (2) |
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40 | (1) |
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40 | (1) |
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40 | (1) |
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41 | (1) |
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42 | (1) |
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42 | (4) |
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42 | (2) |
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44 | (1) |
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44 | (2) |
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46 | (4) |
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46 | (1) |
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46 | (1) |
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47 | (1) |
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48 | (1) |
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49 | (1) |
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50 | (3) |
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50 | (2) |
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52 | (1) |
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52 | (1) |
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53 | (1) |
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53 | (1) |
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53 | (3) |
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53 | (1) |
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54 | (1) |
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55 | (1) |
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55 | (1) |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (1) |
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56 | (1) |
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56 | (3) |
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56 | (1) |
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57 | (1) |
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57 | (1) |
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58 | (1) |
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Contact with other materials |
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58 | (1) |
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Aluminium alloys and their properties |
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59 | (28) |
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Numbering system for wrought alloys |
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59 | (5) |
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59 | (1) |
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Standardization of alloys |
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59 | (1) |
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60 | (1) |
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61 | (1) |
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Relation between temper and tensile strength |
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62 | (1) |
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Availability of different tempers |
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63 | (1) |
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63 | (1) |
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Characteristics of the different alloy types |
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64 | (4) |
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Non-heat-treatable alloys |
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65 | (2) |
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67 | (1) |
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Data on selected wrought alloys |
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68 | (10) |
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How mechanical properties are specified |
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68 | (1) |
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Specific alloys and their properties |
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69 | (1) |
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Comments on certain alloys |
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70 | (4) |
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74 | (1) |
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Strength variation with temperature |
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75 | (1) |
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76 | (2) |
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78 | (2) |
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Empirical stress--strain relation |
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78 | (1) |
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Stress--strain curve for minimum strength material |
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79 | (1) |
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80 | (2) |
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80 | (1) |
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Three useful casting alloys |
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81 | (1) |
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82 | (1) |
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82 | (1) |
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82 | (1) |
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82 | (5) |
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Corrosion of exposed surfaces |
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82 | (2) |
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When to protect against corrosion |
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84 | (1) |
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85 | (2) |
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Limit state design and limiting stresses |
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87 | (15) |
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87 | (7) |
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87 | (1) |
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87 | (2) |
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Limit state of static strength |
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89 | (3) |
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Serviceability limit state |
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92 | (1) |
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93 | (1) |
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The use of limiting stresses |
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94 | (1) |
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Limiting stresses based on material properties |
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94 | (4) |
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94 | (2) |
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Procedure in absence of specified properties |
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96 | (1) |
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97 | (1) |
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Limiting stresses based on buckling |
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98 | (4) |
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General form of buckling curves |
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98 | (1) |
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Construction of the design curves |
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99 | (1) |
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100 | (2) |
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Heat-affected zone softening at welds |
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102 | (24) |
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102 | (1) |
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103 | (1) |
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104 | (4) |
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104 | (1) |
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105 | (1) |
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Stress--strain curve of HAZ material |
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106 | (1) |
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107 | (1) |
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107 | (1) |
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Severity of HAZ softening |
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108 | (1) |
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108 | (1) |
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108 | (1) |
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109 | (1) |
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Extent of the softened zone |
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109 | (11) |
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109 | (2) |
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111 | (1) |
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111 | (1) |
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112 | (1) |
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112 | (2) |
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114 | (2) |
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Variation of HAZ extent with weld size |
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116 | (1) |
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117 | (1) |
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118 | (1) |
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Definition of an isolated weld (10A-rule) |
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119 | (1) |
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120 | (1) |
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Application of HAZ data to design |
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120 | (2) |
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120 | (1) |
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121 | (1) |
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Comparison with one-inch rule |
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122 | (1) |
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123 | (2) |
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Difference between TIG and MIG welding |
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123 | (1) |
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Severity of softening with TIG welding |
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124 | (1) |
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Extent of softened zone for TIG welding |
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125 | (1) |
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HAZ at friction-stir welds |
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125 | (1) |
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Plate elements in compression |
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126 | (22) |
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126 | (2) |
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126 | (1) |
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126 | (1) |
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Plate slenderness parameter |
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127 | (1) |
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Element classification (compact or slender) |
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127 | (1) |
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Treatment of slender elements |
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128 | (1) |
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Plain flat elements in uniform compression |
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128 | (7) |
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128 | (2) |
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Limiting values of plate slenderness |
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130 | (1) |
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Slender internal elements |
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130 | (1) |
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131 | (3) |
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134 | (1) |
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Plain flat elements under strain gradient |
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135 | (6) |
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Internal elements under strain gradient, general description |
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135 | (1) |
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Internal elements under strain gradient, classification |
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136 | (2) |
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Slender internal elements under strain gradient |
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138 | (1) |
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Outstands under strain gradient, general description |
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139 | (1) |
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Outstands under strain gradient, case T |
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140 | (1) |
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Outstands under strain gradient, case R |
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140 | (1) |
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141 | (7) |
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141 | (1) |
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Limitations on stiffener geometry |
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142 | (1) |
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143 | (1) |
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Location of the stiffener |
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143 | (1) |
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Modified slenderness parameter |
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144 | (1) |
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145 | (1) |
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Slender reinforced elements |
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146 | (2) |
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148 | (33) |
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148 | (1) |
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Moment resistance of the cross-section |
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149 | (8) |
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Moment--curvature relation |
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149 | (1) |
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150 | (1) |
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Uniaxial moment, basic formulae |
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150 | (1) |
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151 | (1) |
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152 | (1) |
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Use of interpolation for semi-compact sections |
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152 | (1) |
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Semi-compact section with tongue plates |
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153 | (1) |
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Local buckling in an under-stressed compression flange |
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154 | (1) |
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154 | (3) |
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157 | (6) |
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157 | (1) |
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Shear yielding of webs, method 1 |
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157 | (1) |
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Shear yielding of webs, method 2 |
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157 | (3) |
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Shear resistance of bars and outstands |
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160 | (1) |
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Web buckling, simple method |
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160 | (1) |
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Web buckling, tension-field action |
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161 | (2) |
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163 | (1) |
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Combined moment and shear |
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163 | (1) |
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163 | (1) |
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164 | (1) |
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164 | (1) |
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164 | (2) |
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Webs with bearing stiffeners |
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164 | (1) |
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Crushing of unstiffened webs |
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165 | (1) |
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166 | (4) |
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166 | (1) |
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166 | (1) |
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167 | (1) |
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168 | (2) |
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Lateral-torsional buckling |
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170 | (9) |
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170 | (1) |
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171 | (1) |
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Equivalent uniform moment |
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171 | (1) |
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Limiting stress for LT buckling |
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172 | (1) |
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173 | (3) |
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Beams with very slender compression flanges |
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176 | (1) |
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Effective length for LT buckling |
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176 | (2) |
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Beams of varying cross-section |
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178 | (1) |
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Effect of simultaneous side moment |
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179 | (1) |
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179 | (2) |
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179 | (1) |
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179 | (2) |
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Tension and compression members |
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181 | (26) |
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181 | (1) |
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181 | (1) |
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Classification of the cross-section (compression members) |
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182 | (1) |
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182 | (2) |
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182 | (1) |
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Allowance for HAZ softening |
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182 | (1) |
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Allowance for local buckling |
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183 | (1) |
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183 | (1) |
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Localized failure of the cross-section |
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184 | (1) |
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General yielding along the length |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (3) |
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185 | (1) |
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185 | (2) |
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Column buckling slenderness |
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187 | (1) |
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Column buckling of struts containing very slender outstands |
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188 | (1) |
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188 | (11) |
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188 | (1) |
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189 | (1) |
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190 | (1) |
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Sections exempt from torsional buckling |
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190 | (1) |
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191 | (1) |
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Torsional buckling stress |
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191 | (2) |
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Torsional buckling slenderness |
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193 | (1) |
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193 | (1) |
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Torsional buckling of struts containing very slender outstands |
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194 | (1) |
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Empirical slenderness formulae |
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195 | (4) |
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Torsional buckling of certain standardized sections |
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199 | (1) |
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Combined axial force and moment |
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199 | (8) |
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199 | (1) |
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Secondary bending in trusses |
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200 | (1) |
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200 | (1) |
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Interaction formulae (P + uniaxial M) |
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201 | (2) |
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Alternative treatment (P + uniaxial M) |
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203 | (1) |
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Interaction formulae (P + biaxial M) |
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203 | (1) |
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Alternative treatment (P + biaxial M) |
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204 | (1) |
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Treatment of local buckling |
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205 | (1) |
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Eccentrically connected angles, channels and tees |
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205 | (2) |
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Calculation of section properties |
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207 | (28) |
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Summary of section properties used |
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207 | (1) |
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207 | (5) |
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207 | (1) |
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208 | (2) |
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210 | (1) |
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Plastic modulus of the effective section |
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211 | (1) |
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Elastic flexural properties |
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212 | (5) |
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Inertia of a section having an axis of symmetry |
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212 | (1) |
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Inertias for a section with no axis of symmetry |
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213 | (3) |
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216 | (1) |
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Inertia of the effective section |
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216 | (1) |
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217 | (1) |
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217 | (1) |
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Torsional section properties |
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217 | (8) |
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The torque--twist relation |
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217 | (1) |
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Torsion constant, basic calculation |
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218 | (1) |
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Torsion constant for section containing `lumps' |
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219 | (2) |
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221 | (1) |
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222 | (1) |
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Special LT buckling factor |
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222 | (3) |
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225 | (10) |
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225 | (1) |
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225 | (1) |
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226 | (1) |
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Formula for the warping factor |
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227 | (1) |
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Bisymmetric and radial-symmetric sections |
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228 | (1) |
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229 | (1) |
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Monosymmetric sections, type 1 |
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229 | (1) |
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Monosymmetric sections, type 2 |
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230 | (2) |
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232 | (3) |
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235 | (33) |
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Mechanical joints (non-torqued) |
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235 | (8) |
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235 | (1) |
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236 | (1) |
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Joints in shear, fastener force arising |
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237 | (1) |
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Joints in shear, fastener resistance |
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238 | (2) |
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Joints in shear, member failure |
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240 | (1) |
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Joints in tension, fastener force arising |
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240 | (1) |
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Joints in tension, fastener resistance |
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240 | (1) |
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Interaction of shear and tension |
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241 | (1) |
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241 | (2) |
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Joints made with proprietary fasteners |
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243 | (1) |
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Mechanical joints (friction-grip) |
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243 | (4) |
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243 | (1) |
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244 | (1) |
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Ultimate limit state (shear loading) |
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244 | (1) |
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Serviceability limit state (shear loading) |
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244 | (1) |
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Bolt tension and reaction force |
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245 | (1) |
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246 | (1) |
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247 | (1) |
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247 | (8) |
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247 | (1) |
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248 | (1) |
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249 | (1) |
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Calculated resistance, weld-metal failure |
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250 | (2) |
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Calculated resistance, fusion-boundary failure |
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252 | (1) |
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Welded joints carrying axial moment |
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253 | (1) |
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Welds under combined loading |
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254 | (1) |
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255 | (1) |
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255 | (13) |
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255 | (1) |
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Specification of the adhesive |
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256 | (1) |
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257 | (1) |
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257 | (1) |
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Factors affecting choice of adhesive |
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258 | (1) |
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259 | (1) |
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259 | (1) |
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Mechanical testing of adhesives |
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259 | (1) |
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260 | (1) |
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Properties of some selected adhesives |
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261 | (4) |
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Resistance calculations for bonded joints |
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265 | (2) |
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Testing of prototype joints |
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267 | (1) |
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268 | (18) |
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268 | (2) |
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Possible ways of handling fatigue |
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270 | (1) |
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Checking procedure (safe life) |
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271 | (3) |
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Constant amplitude loading |
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271 | (1) |
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Variable amplitude loading |
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272 | (1) |
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272 | (1) |
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272 | (1) |
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273 | (1) |
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274 | (3) |
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274 | (2) |
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276 | (1) |
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Classification of details |
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277 | (2) |
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The BS.8118 classification |
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277 | (1) |
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278 | (1) |
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278 | (1) |
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279 | (1) |
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Instructions to fabricator |
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280 | (1) |
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281 | (2) |
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283 | (3) |
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283 | (1) |
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Endurance curves for steel bolts |
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283 | (1) |
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Variation of bolt tension |
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284 | (2) |
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286 | (2) |
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