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Conduct the Ring Shank Nail Test

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What happens here

Use the handle to operate the hydraulic bottle jack placed under the wood block fastened with ring shank nails. Pump the jack slowly and steadily, observing how the nails react to the increasing upward pressure. Note the point at which the nails begin to bend and the wood block starts to move or detach from the vertical supports. In the video, the ring shank nails bend significantly, and the wood block slides upward relatively easily.

Goal: Observe the shear failure of ring shank nails.

Tools and materials

  • Hydraulic Bottle Jack Husky — Applying upward force
  • Ring Shank Nails — Subjected to shear force
  • Wood Test Fixture — The assembled fixture with ring shank nails

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All right, today's test is going to be a sheer test. We got structural screws and we got ring shank nails. Let's see what happens. The nails all bent and the block was easily sliding up. The screws didn't really bend and there was more of a

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