Failures Modes of Riveted Joints
Failures Modes of Riveted Joints
Failures Modes of Riveted Joints
Riveted joints:
A rivet is a permanent mechanical fastener. Before being installed a
rivet consists of a smooth cylindrical shaft with a head on one end. The end
opposite the head is called the buck-tail.
To distinguish between the two ends of the rivet, the original head is
called the factory head and the deformed end is called the shop head or
buck-tail.
Because there is effectively a head on each end of an installed rivet, it
can support tension loads (loads parallel to the axis of the shaft); however,
it is much more capable of supporting shear loads (loads perpendicular to
the axis of the shaft). Bolts and screws are better suited for tension
applications.
Types of riveted joints:
Butt joint,
Types of failures:
1. Shear failure of rivets,
2. Bearing failure,
3. Tear-out failure,
4. Tension failure.
The objective in joint design is to maximize the joint efficiency,
Basic Assumption:
The cross-shearing stress, in the rivets is uniformly distributed over
all shear areas. All rivets take equal loads. The joint
efficiency is
Bearing failure
Assumption: Ultimate bearing stress between the rivets and the plates is
assumed to be uniformly distributed over the projection of the contact area.
Contact Area is the plate thickness, t, multiplied by the rivet diameter,
d=2r. The joint efficiency is
Tear-out failure:
Shear failure of the sheet along the indicated lines. The joint efficiency is
Where Ne=Number of rivets in the row closest to the edge of either plate,
t = thickness of the plate,
e = distance from rivet center to the edge of the plate.
Tension failure: