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Holes mismatch fatigue effect
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Holes mismatch fatigue effect

Holes mismatch fatigue effect

(OP)
The practice of copying existing holes from structure to repair parts like doublers or splices is used as standard.
Although it is assumed that the holes are completely aligned if you use guide bushing to transfer them between parts, if you take into account clearance between bushings and hole and btw. drill bits and bushing it is clear that there could be some mismatch between existing and repair parts holes.
I´m trying to find any reference that could help me evaluate the effect of that mismatch in the behavior of the structure, specially from the fatigue POV.

RE: Holes mismatch fatigue effect

I'm not expert but the techniques you mention should give reasonable alignment.  Then assuming rivet holes, the rivets tend to swell when installed so I'd think they'd largely address this though I'd be interested to hear what others more expert in the field have to say.

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RE: Holes mismatch fatigue effect

(OP)
As you mention the alignment is reasonable for rivets, but we are more worried about circumstances where we are using blind fasteners or hi-lite, which do not swell on installation.  

RE: Holes mismatch fatigue effect

if you're removing a Hi-Lok, common practice is to go up a size to clean out the holes ... possibly an over-size, but they tend to be expensive.

RE: Holes mismatch fatigue effect

(OP)
For a hi-lok is easy to find OS pins (except for 5/32") but if we talk about blind fasteners sometimes your only option is to go to next dash, and that could be a problem with edge distance.

If we consider a situation where we have to discard all other options and have to live with the same size fastener (our situation), up till now I haven't been able to find any reference to help me determine the fatigue effect of the mentioned mismatch.

RE: Holes mismatch fatigue effect

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One document that may provide some insight is "The Influence of Hole Processing and Joint Variables on the Fracture Life of Shear Joints", AFML-TR-77-167 Volume 1. They performed fatigue testing on a myriad of different "anomilies" that are typically encountered during fastener installation. They tested "Fastener Removal" for which they performed fatigue cycling of a joint, then removed and reinstalled the fastener and continued with the fatigue testing. There is also "shank contact area" and "angled" fastener hole variables that they fatigued out to determine their affects.

I pulled the document from DTIC and its free compliments of the US tax payer. It's too big to post but I attached the cover page for your reference. You might have better luck searching by the ADA number

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RE: Holes mismatch fatigue effect

Below is a url to the citation to the mentioned document, of which you can select the link to download the file in it's entirity (82MB).

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