21-11-2012, 11:56 AM
Design of Riveted Joints
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Instructional Objectives:
At the end of this lesson, the students should be able to understand:
• Basic failure mechanisms of riveted joints.
• Concepts of design of a riveted joint.
Strength of riveted joint:
Strength of a riveted joint is evaluated taking all possible failure paths in the joint into account. Since rivets are arranged in a periodic manner, the strength of joint is usually calculated considering one pitch length of the plate. There are four possible ways a single rivet joint may fail.
a) Tearing of the plate: If the force is too large, the plate may fail in tension along the row (see figure 10.2.1).