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Analysis and design of furniture frames

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The engineering design of furniture frames was investigated. The stiffness method of matrix structural analysis was applied to furniture frame design, and modifications of it which are needed to treat frames with semi-rigid, elastically non-linear joints of finite size were developed. A method of designing two-pin moment-resisting dowel joints was also developed. An experimental furniture frame was designed using the theories formulated. Results of tests performed on this frame agreed satisfactorily with those predicted theoretically.

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Die technische Konstruktion von Möbelrahmen wurde untersucht. Ein Rechenverfahren zur Bestimmung der Steifigkeit wurde mit Hilfe der Matrizen-Analyse auf Möbelrahmen-Konstruktionen angewendet und entsprechende Abwandlungen, die zur Behandlung von Rahmen mit halbstarren, elastisch nicht-linearen Verbindungen bestimmter Größe benötigt werden, wurden entwickelt. Gleichzeitig wurde ein Verfahren zur Konstruktion von biegesteifen Doppel-Dübelverbindungen entwickelt. Ein Versuchs-Möbelrahmen wurde aufgrund der erarbeiteten Theorie gebaut. Die Ergebnisse aus den Versuchen mit diesem Rahmen stimmten weitgehend mit den hierfür theoretisch berechneten Werten überein.

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  1. Department of Forestry, Purdue University Lafayette, 47907, Indiana, USA

    C. A. Eckelman (Assistant Professor) & S. K. Suddarth (Professor)

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Eckelman, C.A., Suddarth, S.K. Analysis and design of furniture frames. Wood Science and Technology 3, 239–255 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00367215

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