The purpose of this paper is to investigate a possibility of determination of the rivet hole expansion with the use of computed tomography (CT). This method offers several benefits in comparison to the traditionally used destructive methods.

    Design/methodology/approach

    The measurements of rivet hole expansion were performed on three specimens with the use of CT. Then, the same specimens were measured with the use of the conventional destructive method. This allows to estimate accuracy of the proposed method and characterize its advantages and limitations.

    Findings

    Good correlation with the destructive method has been obtained. The proposed method enables more detailed analysis of a joint as arbitrarily oriented cross-section for analysed area can be easily generated and increase of measurements number is always possible and simple. The disadvantage of the method is lower accuracy of diameter determination than in the case of conventional methods.

    Research limitations/implications

    The measurements were performed only on one type of specimens. Probably, if a rivet and sheets were made of the same alloy, the measurements would be barely possible. The rivets were installed with squeezing ratio D/Do = 1.7 whose value is close to maximum as defined in riveting instructions (Kaniowski, 2015). This means that measured hole expansions were higher than in typical joint. The proposed method is appropriate for simple specimens (one rivet at a specimen width).

    Practical implications

    The investigation shows that rivet hole expansion can be measured with the use of CT. This method is useful especially when destruction of a specimen is not allowed or more detailed analysis is required (e.g. measurements on many depth levels).

    Originality/value

    The paper presents measurements of rivet hole expansion with the method which has not been used before for this application. Advantages and limitations of the proposed approach compared to conventional methods are discussed.


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    Title :

    Application of computed tomography to hole expansion measurements


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    Publication date :

    2018-10-11


    Size :

    1 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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