Press Fits
Press fits are the most common intentional use of residual stress. Automotive wheel studs, for example are pressed into holes on the wheel hub. The holes are smaller than the studs, requiring force to drive the studs into place. The residual stresses fasten the parts together. Nails are another example where the stress created by penetration of wood then helps to keep the nail in place.
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Famous quotes containing the words press and/or fits:
“The only reason I might go to the funeral is to make absolutely sure that he’s dead.”
—“An Eminent Editor” Of Press Baron. Quoted in Anthony Sampson, Anatomy of Britain Today, ch. 9 (1965)
“What I behold are feverish fits of strife,
‘Twixt fears of dying and desire of life:”
—George Crabbe (1754–1832)