dry joint


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dry joint

A joint without mortar.
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"Dry Joint Stone Masonry Walls Subjected to In-Plane Combined Loading." Journal of Structural Engineering 131 (11): 1665-1673.
With the Model A dry joint, pulling of the suction cup to detach only the centre aspect of the suction cup was not associated with an audible event.
Figures 1 and 4 show an extreme case of dry joint caused by under-heating; almost no wicking (capillary action) into the through hole is visible.