Researchers from Skoltech and Harbin Institute of Technology have devised and tested a new mechanism for joining together the composite parts that make up bridges, the cooling towers of power stations ...

The Leankeasy blind rivet bolt from Clufix, Cluses, France, crimps the nut as a screw is turned to lock two metal sheets or plastic parts together. This makes installation a one-step process and only ...

They can complicate analysis because even small assemblies can have bolts, screws, rivets, and weld joints, some with preloads. Still, there are ways to consider fastener reactions, says David Dearth, ...

With the completion of the project TOAST (ThermOplast Additive Manufacturing STrukturen), Premium AEROTEC present the impressive potential which a modern hybrid design of carbon fibre reinforced ...