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Lecture 9.6 : Connections in Thin-Walled Construction


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1. INTRODUCTION

2. CONNECTION TYPES

3. TYPES OF FASTENERS

3.1 Mechanical Fasteners

3.2 Welds

4. CONNECTION DESIGN

4.1 General Requirements

4.2 Forces in the Connections

4.3 Failure Modes of Connections

4.3.1 Mechanical fasteners

4.3.2 Failure modes of welded attachments

4.4 Applications

4.4.1 Fastening of outer profiled sheeting to cassettes

4.4.2 Fastening of outer profiled sheeting to inner profiled sheeting via Z-sections

5. CONCLUDING SUMMARY

6. REFERENCES

7. ADDITIONAL READING