Riveted Joints:

Rivets are manufactured from either mild steel or high tensile steel, and consists of a head and a shank, that have got definite dimensions as display in Figure 1(a). They are placed inside holes drilled through the members to be joined; the open end of the rivet is then forged to form another rivet head, thus closing the joint rigidly (Figure 1(b)). The rivet heads are formed by any one of the following methods:

Power Driven Rivets

In those rivets, pneumatic hammer or any other type of mechanical driving device is used.