The influence of stretch wrap containment force on load bridging in unit loads

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dc.contributor.authorPark, Jonghunen
dc.contributor.authorHorvath, Laszloen
dc.contributor.authorWhite, Marshall S.en
dc.contributor.authorAraman, Philipen
dc.contributor.authorBush, Robert J.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Biomaterialsen
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-09T19:34:10Zen
dc.date.available2020-03-09T19:34:10Zen
dc.date.issued2018-11en
dc.description.abstractThe term load bridging describes a phenomenon in which the physical interaction between various packaging components acts as a series of discrete loads in a given unit load and adds stiffness to the shipping pallet/load combination. Current pallet design practices often ignore the aspect of load bridging and assume that the pallet payload is flexible and uniformly distributed over the pallet surface. This can influence the load-carrying capacity of the pallet. The study reported in this paper investigated the relationship between the stretch wrap containment force and load bridging in unit loads and the resulting unit-load deflection. The experimental results of this study indicate that an increase in the stretch wrap containment force can improve the unit-load deflection by as much as 81%. The influence of the stretch wrap containment force on pallet deflection is greatest for small packages and pallets with low stiffness. These experimental results provide useful information for realizing more efficient and sustainable unit-load designs.en
dc.description.adminPublic domain – authored by a U.S. government employeeen
dc.description.notesUS Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service, Grant/Award Number: 14-JV-1330142-070en
dc.description.sponsorshipUS Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest ServiceUnited States Department of Agriculture (USDA)United States Forest Service [14-JV-1330142-070]en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1002/pts.2385en
dc.identifier.eissn1099-1522en
dc.identifier.issn0894-3214en
dc.identifier.issue11en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/97270en
dc.identifier.volume31en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedicationen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/en
dc.subjectload bridgingen
dc.subjectpalleten
dc.subjectstress distributionen
dc.subjectstretch wrappingen
dc.subjectunit loaden
dc.titleThe influence of stretch wrap containment force on load bridging in unit loadsen
dc.title.serialPackaging Technology and Scienceen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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