A fastener assembly, comprising: a clamp body having an upper clamping arm, a lower ramp arm and a stress arm therebetween, wherein a lower clamping surface of the upper clamping arm is nonparallel to an upper ramp surface of the lower ramp arm, wherein the upper clamping arm defines a first channel and a second channel extending therethrough, said first channel is coplanar with the second channel, a first channel axis is perpendicular with a second channel axis, first and second channel axes are parallel to the lower clamping surface, wherein the stress arm defines a third channel and a fourth channel extending therethrough, said third channel is coplanar with the fourth channel, a third channel axis is perpendicular with a fourth channel axis, and the third and fourth channel axes are perpendicular to the lower clamping surface, and wherein the lower ramp arm defines a fifth channel and a sixth channel extending therethrough, said fifth channel is coplanar with the sixth channel; and a retaining segment slideably connected to the lower ramp arm, said retaining segment having an upper clamping surface that is parallel to the lower clamping surface and having a lower ramp surface that is parallel with the upper ramp surface, wherein a fifth channel axis is perpendicular to a sixth channel axis and the fifth and sixth channel axes are parallel to the upper clamping surface and wherein the lower ramp arm defines a pair of ramp ledges that are slideably received within a pair of wedge channels defined by the retaining segment, wherein the pair of ramp ledges are parallel to the lower ramp surface and the pair of wedge channels are parallel to the upper ramp surface. a clamp body having an upper clamping arm, a lower ramp arm and a stress arm therebetween, wherein a lower clamping surface of the upper clamping arm is nonparallel to an upper ramp surface of the lower ramp arm, wherein the upper clamping arm defines a first channel and a second channel extending therethrough, said first channel is coplanar with the second channel, a first channel axis is perpendicular with a second channel axis, first and second channel axes are parallel to the lower clamping surface, wherein the stress arm defines a third channel and a fourth channel extending therethrough, said third channel is coplanar with the fourth channel, a third channel axis is perpendicular with a fourth channel axis, and the third and fourth channel axes are perpendicular to the lower clamping surface, and wherein the lower ramp arm defines a fifth channel and a sixth channel extending therethrough, said fifth channel is coplanar with the sixth channel; and a retaining segment slideably connected to the lower ramp arm, said retaining segment having an upper clamping surface that is parallel to the lower clamping surface and having a lower ramp surface that is parallel with the upper ramp surface, wherein a fifth channel axis is perpendicular to a sixth channel axis and the fifth and sixth channel axes are parallel to the upper clamping surface and wherein the lower ramp arm defines a pair of ramp ledges that are slideably received within a pair of wedge channels defined by the retaining segment, wherein the pair of ramp ledges are parallel to the lower ramp surface and the pair of wedge channels are parallel to the upper ramp surface.