Furniture Design Ideas

The load-carrying capacity of eccentric joints with eccentric connectors to a great extent determines the strength of structural nodes of case furniture. The distribution of internal forces generated while forcing torsional deformations of the furniture body results in the fact that in structural nodes that join the side walls with the bottom and top, the […]

An open body of a case furniture piece can be stiffened to torsion by increasing the thickness of one or a few of its boards. The use of thick boards for all elements of the furniture piece improves the efficiency of the construction, but at the same time increases its weight, material consumption and the […]

By analysing the next stages of assembling the body of the furniture piece, starting from the side walls and bottom, it is easy to notice that the side walls, due to low stiffness of joints, are not able to shift the side load P (Fig. 7.22). This structure can be improved by adding a rear […]

Bars for hanging clothing, from the mechanical point of view, can be treated as freely supported beams and subjected to even load (in accordance with Table 7.1) (Fig. 7.21). The maximum deflection of such a bar is described by the equation: where q continuous load on the length of the beam, L length of the […]

In the most common construction solutions, the bottom of a drawer is inserted into a groove on the entire perimeter without additional fastenings or inserted into grooves on three sides and fixed to the back of the drawer with staples. The first method of mounting the bottom corresponds to the theoretical scheme of the board […]

7.2.2.1 Stiffness of Shelves and Horizontal Elements Engineering practice requires the selection of the appropriate thickness for boards intended for shelves or partitions of case furniture. The general differential equation of the bending of an elastic thin isotropic board in a rectangular system of coor­dinates X, Y and Z (Fig. 7.12a) has a known form […]

Constructions of case furniture are mainly made from board elements or frame-board elements. Due to the high shearing stiffness of boards in comparison with their torsional stiffness, case furniture subjected to torsion forces has a regular, characteristic way of deforming, which can be caused by various force systems (Fig. 7.9). Fig. 7.9 Equivalent systems of […]

Studying furniture in validation stations is to simulate the forces causing damage to the furniture piece or its components, the loss of balance or deterioration of durability and safety, which may occur during normal use and during improper use, which can be expected with great probability. Before commencing any type of study, the furniture piece […]

7.1Properties of Case Furniture Unlike craft furniture, industrially manufactured furniture should be created according to a specific, repetitive technology, in the conditions of mechanised serial production. Also a number of important structural, technical, organisational and commercial requirements have to be fulfilled, unknown to crafts factories and furniture workshops. These requirements have become an essential stimulus […]

A large part of the furniture of a skeletal as well as case structure is based on load-bearing solutions called frames. They are more often exposed to loads than other construction components of the product. Therefore, the construction solution for this part of the product should ensure its sufficient strength. Stiffness of the frame and […]