Question

1. Explain the difference in rivets and bolts. Use AISC and CISC references
2. Specify the AISC/ASTM/ CSA codes for riveted and bolted connections.
3. hat happens and how it is solved if the loading under riveted and bolted connections become eccentric?

Answer 1

As nouns the difference between bolt and rivet

is that bolt is a (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end it can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw or bolt can be a sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter while rivet is a cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.

As verbs the difference between bolt and rivet

is that bolt is to connect or assemble pieces using a bolt or bolt can be to sift, especially through a cloth while rivet is to attach or fasten parts by using rivets.

THE 1963 AISC SPECIFICATION introduced, in Section 1.6.3, new provisions pertaining to the combined tension and shear stresses in bolts and rivets.

In Canada, structural design and inspection of bolted joints and installation of high-strength bolts should comply with CSA Standard S6 or provincial specifications for road bridge structures and S16 for building and other structures to which S16 applies. These standards adopt many recommendations in the RCSC Specification but not all and certainly not all at the same time. In addition, S6 and S16 adopt ASTM specifications for high-strength bolts and bolt assemblies, e.g. ASTM A325 and F1852, by reference. These ASTM Specifications reference other pertinent specifications for testing, etc.