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Figure 68. Contact penetration caused locking of parts. Diagram.

This figure shows a close up section of a computer-generated image of a wood beam embedded into a frame. At the point where the post is embedded into the frame, the wood has begun to split, causing a wide gap to form, as the top half of the post leans to the left hand side of the diagram.

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