Structural Fasteners

Used to join sheet metal structures securely, come in thousands of

shapes and sizes with many of them specialized and specific to
certain aircraft.
Two type fasteners,
1.Solid shank rivets
2.Blind rivets.
Solid shank rivets are one of the oldest and most reliable types
of fastener.
Advantages
1.Solid shank rivets are relatively low-cost.
2.Permanently installed fasteners.
3.They are faster to install than bolts and nuts since they adapt
well to automatic.
4. High-speed installation tools.
Disadvantage
1.Rivets should not be used in thick materials or in tensile
applications.
2.Their tensile strengths are quite low relative to their shear
strength.
3.The longer the total grip length (the total thickness of sheets
being joined)
4.The more difficult it becomes to lock the rivet.
Rivet Head Shape
1.Universal head
2.Countersunk head

Universal head rivets

Were developed specifically for the aircraft industry and
designed as a replacement for both the round and brazier head
rivets.
These rivets replaced all protruding head rivets and are used
primarily where the protruding head has no aerodynamic
significant.
The countersunk rivet
Primarily intended for use when aerodynamics smoothness is
critical.
Such as on the external surface of a high-speed aircraft.
provides the best possible compromise between tension
shear strength and flushness requirements
Solid rivets are classified by their head shape.
By the material from which they are manufactured, and by their
size.
Identification codes used are derived from a combination of the
Military Standard (MS)
The most frequently used repair rivet is the AD alloy
2117 rivet because it can be installed in the received
condition
DD rivets alloy 2024-T4 are too hard to drive in the
received condition and must be annealed before they
can be installed.
These rivets are annealed and stored in a freezer to
retard hardening.
Which has led to the nickname “ice box rivets.”