The document discusses riveted joints used in structural work. It describes the different types of riveted joints including lap joints and butt joints. Lap joints involve one plate overlapping another, while butt joints involve plates placed end to end. The document also outlines important terms used in riveted joints like pitch, transverse pitch, and diagonal pitch. It provides guidelines for determining rivet diameter and spacing of rivets in different joint configurations.

1. Riveted Joints
Hareesha N G
Dept. of Aeronautical Engg
Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering
Bangalore-78
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2. Introduction
• A rivet is a short cylindrical bar with a head integral to it. The
cylindrical portion of the rivet is called shank or body
• and lower portion of shank is known as tail.
• The rivets are used to make permanent fastening between the
plates such as in structural work, ship building, bridges, tanks
and boiler shells.
• The riveted joints are widely used for joining light metals.
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3. Types of Rivet Heads
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4. Types of riveted joints
1. Lap joint
2. Butt joint
• Lap joint: A lap joint is that in which one plate overlaps the
other and the two plates are then riveted together.
• Butt joint: A butt joint is that in which the main plates are kept
in alignment butting (i.e. touching) each other and a cover plate
(i.e. strap) is placed either on one side or on both sides of the
main plates. The cover plate is then riveted together with the
main plates.
Butt joint
Lap joint
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5. Important Terms Used in Riveted Joints
• The following terms in connection with the riveted joints are
important from the subject point of view :
1. Pitch. It is the distance from the centre of one rivet to the centre of
the next rivet measured parallel to the seam as shown in Fig. It is
usually denoted by p.
2. Transverse pitch. It is the perpendicular distance between the centre
lines of the successive rows as shown in Fig. It is usually denoted by
pt.
3. Diagonal pitch. It is the distance between the centres of the rivets in
adjacent rows of zig-zag riveted joint as shown in Fig. It is usually
denoted by pd.
4. Margin or marginal pitch. It is the distance between the centre of
rivet hole to the nearest edge of the plate as shown in Fig. It is usually
denoted by m.
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6. Proportions of dimensions of riveted joints
• Thickness of plate
t = Thickness of the plate
• Diameter of rivets.
the diameter of the rivet hole (d) may be determined by using
• Distance of centre of the rivet from edge of the plate =
1.5d
• Margin , m=d
• Longitudinal Pitch p=3d
• Transverse pitch pt = 0.8P for chain riveting
= 0.6P for zig-zag riveting
• Thickness of butt strap.
Single cover plate t1 = 1.125 t
Double cover plate t2 = 0.7 to 0.8t
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7. • Types of Riveted joints
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8. • Double Riveted lap joints
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9. • Double Riveted Zig zag Lap joint
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10. • Single riveted, single strap butt joint
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11. • Single riveted, double strap butt joint
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12. • Double riveted, double strap chain butt joint
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13. • Double riveted, double strap zig zag butt joint
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