Abstract: Threaded pipe joints are widely used in engineering applications. However, vibration and shock loads during operation can cause preload reduction, potentially leading to issues such as ...

Joann Atkinson, Solomon Atkinson’s widow, welds her initials into a keel plate with assistance from Austal USA welder Rufus Lord. Austal USA photo. Mobile, Ala. shipbuilder Austal USA held a keel ...

Cross threading occurs when the bolt is misaligned with the threads in the nut. It can destroy the threads, or cause the nut to jam. The standard beveled end process makes cross threading a ...

On April 8, 2025, the Royal Malaysian Navy announced that the keel-laying ceremony for the first corvette of the Littoral Mission Ship (LMS) Batch 2 program had been held. The event took place at ...

April 18, 2025 Introducing NHPR's "The Final Days of Sgt. Tibbs" April 18, 2025 • Endless Thread is thrilled to introduce you to a new podcast from our friends at NHPR’s Document team. That ...

On April 22, Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Tenneco, laid the keel for Despotico, the first of nine double-hulled commercial product tankers the shipyard is building for two ...

The keel-laying ceremony for the first two of four Potsdam class-derived OPVs on order for the Republic of Singapore Navy. (Republic of Singapore Navy) Lithuania's Western Baltic Shipyard has laid ...

Designed for a pipe distribution company, the building appears to be almost totally made from metal pipes. Located in Gliwice, Poland, this quirky example of memetic architecture came about when ...

One of the first things you're taught as a police officer is, "There's no such thing as a "routine" traffic stop." What started as a simple traffic stop near the intersection of Highway 79 and ...