Rivets: Design guide lines

Nominal diameter (mm) 12 16 20 24

Gross diameter (mm) Minimum edge distance (mm)

13.5

17.5

21.5

25.5

19

29

32

44

Rivets: Design guide lines minimum diameter of rivet

Thickness of member Up to 10 mm 10-16 mm minimum diameter (mm) 16 mm 20 mm

>16 mm

22 mm

Strength of rivet (Least of the ..)

1. Strength of plate between at ( p d )t Rivet holes in tension 2. Rivet value smaller of bearing strength and shear strength of rivet 2(i) Bearing strength of rivet .d .t
pf

p .d .t
2(ii) Shearing strength of rivet
SS

d vf . 4

DS

d2 2 vf . 4

Rivet/Bolt : stress constraints

at vf
p
= Allowable tensile stress in axially loaded tension member (1) = Allowable shear strength (least of single shear and double shear) of rivet (2)

pf = Allowable bearing strength in rivet (3)

Stress (MPa) rivet bolt

= Allowable bearing strength in member (4)

1
100 120

2
100 80

3
300 250

4
300 250

Minimum size of fillet weld

Thickness of member Up to 10 mm 10-20 mm minimum size 3 mm 5 mm

20-32 mm
32-50 mm

6 mm
8 mm first run 10 mm minimum

Welded connection : in plane

Structural fasteners
41. A boiler shell of diameter is made of 10 mm thick plates. The joint is a double-riveted butt joint with unequal cover plates 6mm thick as shown in Figure. Determine the strength of the joint per pitch and its efficiency. The permissible stresses are at=150 MPa, pf =250MPa, and vf=80 MPa.

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42. A bracket shown in Figure ransmits a load of 80 kN at an eccentricity of 30 cm to a column through 10 rivets of 22 mm diameter arranged in two vertical rows 10 cm apart. The pitch of the rivets is 8cm and the load lies in the plane of the rivets. Calculate the maximum stress in the rivets.

Structural fasteners
43. Determine the maximum load in the rivets of the eccentric connection shown in Figure .

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45. A 16 mm thick plates is joined by double cover butt joint using a 10mm thick cover plate. Permissible tensile strength as per structural steel IS : 226-1975 is 150 MPa. Determine the strength and efficiency of the joint for pitch of 9cm, with 20mm bolts (property of class 8.8 bolt: proof load =147 kN)

WELDS- STRUCTURAL JOINT

WELD: TYPES

Structural fasteners
46. Design a butt weld to connect a 12 mm thick bracket plate to the flange of a column. The bracket is to transmit a load of 100 kN at an eccentricity of 15 cm as shown in Figure

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47. Determine the size of the fillet weld required to join a bracket plate with flange of a column as shown in Figure.

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48. An eccentric weld connection is shown in Figure has 6 mm fillet weld. Determine the greatest load P per bracket plate which can be applied on the connection if the shear stress in the weld is not to exceed 108 MPa.

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49. A circular rod 50 mm in diameter and 200 mm is welded to plate by fillet welding all round the circumference as shown in Figure. The weld size is 15 mm. The section modulus of the weld is 22000mm3. Determine the resultant stress in the weld.

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50. Design a suitable fillet weld to connect a tie bar 60x8 mm to a 12 mm thick gusset plate as shown in Figure. The permissible stresses in the tie bar and fillet weld are 150 MPa and 108 MPa respectively.