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Parent topics

• Engineering [r]: The profession in which a knowledge of the mathematical and natural sciences gained by study, experience and practice is applied with judgment to develop ways to economically use the materials and forces of nature for the benefit of mankind. [e]

Subtopics

• Bolt (fastener) [r]: In the most common form, a threaded fastener with a solid nut-like head to be turned with a wrench, and a nut to secure the far end [e]
• Nail (fastener) [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Nut (fastener) [r]: A supplementary fastener that secures a screw or bolt [e]
• Rivet (fastener) [r]: A mechanical fastener consisting of a smooth cylindrical shaft, which, once installed, has heads on either end. [e]
• Screw (fastener) [r]: A fastener that holds materials together both by friction and the mechanical resistance of spiral threads that fit tightly into the material holding it [e]
• Washer (fastener) [r]: Add brief definition or description

• Fastening tool [r]: A tool used to install fasteners, in order to combine parts of material into a whole [e]
  • Die (tool) [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Hammer (tool) [r]: A muscle-, motor-, or explosive-powered tool for applying one or more impacts to an object; the object can be another tool or can be material to be directly manipulated [e]
  • Tap (tool) [r]: A tool for cutting threads into a predrilled hole [e]
  • Screwdriver (tool) [r]: A tool used to apply rotational force to the heads of screws, to insert them or remove them from the hole that receives the screw [e]
  • Wrench (tool) [r]: A fastening tool used to tighten or loosen threaded fasteners, with one end that makes firm contact with flat surfaces of the fastener, and the other end providing a means of applying force [e]

Other related topics

• Fastening technique [r]: A subset of bonding techniques, which mechanically join pieces of work using one or more connectors called fasteners, which offer frictional resistance [e]
• Bonding (mechanical) [r]: A variety of methods, including the use of fasteners, adhesives, fillers such as soldering, and actual merging as in welding, for joining objects; bonding may be adequate if mechanically solid, or may require additional care to be electrically conductive or liquid-tight [e]
  • Adhesive [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Brazing [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Soldering [r]: A bonding or fastening technique for joining pieces of metal with a filler metal, which has a lower melting point, below 800 degrees Fahrenheit or 427 degrees Celsius, than the pieces to be joined and is melted by heat conducted through the work [e]
  • Welding [r]: Fabrication or sculptural process that joins materials, usually metals or thermoplastics, by causing coalescence at a high melting point. [e]
• Strength of materials [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Wood [r]: Organic material produced as a secondary xylem in the stems of trees (and other woody plants). [e]
• Metal [r]: Add brief definition or description