RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Šimek, Milan
A1 Haviarová, Eva
A1 Eckelman, Carl
T1 The end distance effect of knock-down furniture fasteners on bending moment resistance of corner joints
JF Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis
YR 2014
VO 56
IS 2
SP 203
OP 210
DO 10.11118/actaun200856020203
UL https://acta.mendelu.cz/artkey/acu-200802-0026.php
AB The goal of this paper is to investigate the effect of the end distance of cam lock fasteners on the bending moment resistance of knock-down corner joints. The preliminary study of knock-down furniture assembly plans was done in order to discover the manufacturers' fastener typical usage in case construction. Laminated particleboard, cam fasteners and wooden dowels were used for specimen construction. L-shaped joint specimens 760 mm in length were tested by pressing the joint members together - also called a compression test in the angle plane. The study results showed that cam fasteners with end distance of 60 mm from the member edges perform the best.