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 ...

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, ...