May 2010
Intermediate to advanced
451 pages
25h 5m
English
Select the type of riveted joint for a given industrial problem.
Select the proper material for rivets and the type of head required.
Design the riveted joint to find:
Perform the fullering operation to produce leakproof and pressure tight joints.
For nearly a century, rivets have been in use for permanent joints between plates of boiler shells, structural members of bridges, and parts of railway wagons and coaches. With the advent of automatic and advanced techniques of welding, riveting is being replaced by welding in most structural applications. ...