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Steel
CATEGORIZATION OF DEFECTS
Members subject to vibration or slow movement
INCLUDES:
▪ Structural members subject to vibration or slow motion.
CATEGORIZATION / ACTION:
▪ The absence of washers, double nuts or similar locking mechanisms on
structures subject to vibration or low motion shall be categorized with LFF=
B (Likely)
Examples:
VERTICAL
1.43 mm/s
Members or bolts showing different size or material properties
INCLUDES:
▪ A structural member, bolt, screw or nut which is made or seems to be
made of a different material than similar parts of the structure (i.e. Bolts
made of copper alloy instead of steel, high yield bolts replaced by general
use bolts, bolts of smaller diameter than other bolts).
CATEGORIZATION / ACTION:
▪ Categorization shall be conservative: LFF= B (Likely)
Examples:
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