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Snap-Fit Joints for Plastics - A Design Guide - MIT

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Geometric factors K and Z <strong>for</strong> ring segment<br />

Fig 10: Diagrams <strong>for</strong> determining K1 and K2 <strong>for</strong> cross-sectional shape type C in Table 1.<br />

K1: Concave side under tensile load, K2: Convex side under tensile load<br />

Fig 11: Graphs <strong>for</strong> determining the dimensionless quantity (Z/r23) used to derive the section modulus (Z) <strong>for</strong> crosssectional<br />

shape C in Table 1.<br />

Z1: concave side under tensile stress, Z2: convex side under tensile stress<br />

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