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  1. graemew

    Flat Head Rivets AN442 - Head Height

    Gooday everyone. I have a real "blast from the past" here. Can anyone help me with the head heights for AN442-3,-4,-5 and -6 rivets. This is an old defunct standard that I cannot lay my hands on. I am trying to arrive at some damage limits for universal head rivets which have been sanded. Thanks...
  2. graemew

    Inter-rivet Buckling Fixity Co-eff for Rivet Tails

    I have an application where a strap on the reverse side of a spar cap needs checking for inter-rivet buckling. This is the rivet tail side of the joint. I do not feel comfortable using C=4 for such a configuration (even when using MS20470AD rivets). My gut feel tells me that I ought to be...
  3. graemew

    Cherrymax Unisink Head Rivet Strength Allowables

    I have a need to use low head height uni-sink cherrymax rivets as a substitution for MS20470AD4 rivets to maintain clearances in a flight control gap when an oversize rivet is needed. The sheet is .025" th 2024T3 alclad. The rivet strength required is relatively low and I have a feeling...
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    Stress Concentration - Figure 8 Holes

    My problem concerns an upper wing skin afflicted by a series of .03" deep x.09" dia "drill starts" near to/ adjacent to, a series of .128" dia rivet holes in .080" th 2014T6. I believe that it was caused by the misplacement of a production drilling fixture (by the...
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    Buckling, 2014-T6 Shear Plasticity Correction Factors

    I am currently doing a revision to a De Havilland Canada Report containing a diagonal tension analysis on a wing skin made from 2014-T6 Alclad, in order to increase the range of areas that it covers. The report uses the NACA-TN-2661 approach varied by reference to the Grumman stress manual...

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