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Re: flush riveting

Postby Bryan Cotton » Mon May 05, 2014 1:10 pm

One other thing about dimpled flush rivets- the joint tends to be stronger in shear as the nested dimples lock together. I don't have data on hand for the increase. One of the guys from the Hummel group did some tests years ago and he showed a surprising gain in shear strength.
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