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Tire ply splice construction and method of making the same ...The resulting overlapping splice results in an area of the tire in which the ... Since the double layer of cords in the overlapping splice area exhibit a ...
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History of the Atlantic Cable & Submarine Telegraphy - Splicing ...The overlapping splice just described is most often made when the two ends of cable are of different types, or, though of the same type, when they differ in ...
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[PDF] Experimental study of splitting and flexural cracks in a RC beam ...File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat
because of the splitting of the overlapping splice. The. average value of the ultimate bond stress ... A beam length containing an overlapping splice of ...
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