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15:35 Dec 1, 2014 |
Italian to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Automotive / Cars & Trucks / shop manual | |||||||
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3 | embed the nut head |
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embed the nut head Explanation: Terminology found in the following Website www.boltscience.com/pages/quality.htm EMBEDMENT Localized plastic deformation which occurs in the vicinity of clamped fasteners or in the fastener threads. . Embedding is local plastic deformations that occur under the nut face, in the joint faces and in the threads as a result of plastic flattening of the surface roughness. This occurs even when the loading is below the yield point of the bolt or limiting surface pressure of the joint material and is the result of the real area of contact between surfaces being less than the apparent area. |
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