shear stud

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a stud that transfers shear stress between metal and concrete in composite structural members in which the stud is welded to the metal component

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Words nearby shear stud

shear pin, shears, shear strain, shear strength, shear stress, shear stud, shear transformation, shearwater, shear wave, shear zone, sheatfish

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They ran headlines—not once, but twice—referring to NBA stud Jeremy Lin as a “chink.”
ESPN: The Worldwide Leader in Pricks|Marlow Stern|July 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Queen is passionate about racing, and the royal stud is her greatest pride and joy.
Queen's Horse Tests Positive For Morphine|Tom Sykes|July 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In a Hot Springs, Arkansas, stud-poker game, a player named Burke became justly incensed one evening because he could not win.
Portrait of the Consummate Con Man|John Lardner|May 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Off the field, the Texas A&M stud was the most hyped college football player since Tim Tebow.
Don’t Cry for Johnny Football. The NFL’s 22nd Pick Will Do Just Fine.|Ben Teitelbaum|May 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is the stud you love to hate—at least onscreen.
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau on S&M with Kate Upton and that ‘Game of Thrones’ Rape Scene|Marlow Stern|April 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He had had his jaw smashed but I have seen men pull longer faces at breaking a collar stud.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
He wears a real pearl stud and a good signet ring; also a gold wrist watch, face broken and hands stopped at seven-fifteen.
Dope|Sax Rohmer
The inclined tensions and compressions in the bars of a braced web are equivalent to this shear.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
The distribution of shear on vertical sections is given by the ordinates of a sloping line.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various
Greatest Shear when concentrated Loads travel over the Bridge.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various

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