Definition of Lap joint

1. Noun. Joint made by overlapping two ends and joining them together.

Exact synonyms: Splice
Generic synonyms: Joint
Derivative terms: Splice

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lap Joint

lap-straked
lap-streak
lap-streaked
lap belt
lap belts
lap cat
lap cats
lap choly
lap covering
lap danced
lap dancer
lap dances
lap dancing
lap dog
lap joint (current term)
lap of honor
lap of honour
lap of luxury
lap of the gods
lap pool
lap record
lap records
lap sash seatbelt
lap sash seatbelts
lap up
laparatomy
laparectomy
laparo-
laparocele

Literary usage of Lap joint

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Strength of Materials by James Ellsworth Boyd (1911)
"lap joint with Double Row of Rivets. Fig. 53. — Rivets in Three Rows. 4. In Problem 2 show that the unit tensile stress in the net section at the left row ..."

2. Handwork in Wood by William Noyes (1910)
"When well made, a cross-lap joint does not need to be pounded together but will ... A middle-lap joint or halved tee, Fig. 265, is made in the same way as a ..."

3. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1907)
"What is the pitch for a double-riveted lap joint having rivets \\ inch in diameter, the plate being £ inch thick? Both the plate and the rivets are iron. ..."

4. Notes on Building Construction: Arranged to Meet the Requirements of the by Henry Fidler, Great Britain Dept. of Science and Art (1891)
"Single riveted lap joint. — The equations already deduced can be easily applied to ... Double riveted lap joint.—And similarly for the joints shown in Fig. ..."

5. Irrigation Practice and Engineering by Bernard Alfred Etcheverry (1915)
"I. Longitudinal lap joint, double riveted, with circumferential lap joint, single riveted II. Longitudinal lap joint, triple riveted, with circumferential ..."

6. Structural Details: Or Elements of Design in Heavy Framing by Henry Sylvester Jacoby (1909)
"In a lap joint one piece laps over the other at the connection. ... lap joint under Tension. sticks to resist the longitudinal shear in the joint. ..."

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