RIVKT SPACING IN ,ll:M I: FLANGE8 27 



Tin \ alt*, of y for the firwt cover of the tiwt example 

 to illiMrnte the method of finding the I. ngthtf k: 



KX) XI 2.33X6 j 3 f 

 " 6X18.33X7216 '":' 



If th. MY. -i> U- plarrd .;" apart m two ruws y-2.25. 



If enough M\. i- at. ii-, ,1 at thr .-nd of a cover plate 



! ig. 5a to traii-mit t. it it- full prop. 

 Umge Htretis, tin- rivrt pitch n-.jijiriMl to tin* 



to thr Mange at any point \\ill U tin- following: 



A i n-Rh 



In which .4, i- thr total flange a 1 .4 the area of 



all the OOVef | at I he point under consideration. 



The numlM-r of rivet- a> determined l.y (5') and 

 should !* increased by 20 r ; to allow for thr bending 

 stresses. To still further limit these ln-nding tresses no 



g through angle- ainl OOVen should ha 

 grip more than five time> the diameter of tin- ri\ 



PROBLEMS 



6./. fsing unit Htresa* of 10,000 and 20,000 Ibs. for rivru. in ufaear 

 MM. I crushing, rim|nif> tin- M-.J . t j.itrh for connecting the 



n flange angles to the web at e of Fig. 5a. 



6/'. For the data of Prob. 5a compute the rivet pitch for connecting 



: llanp- angle to the web at a point \*ertically over e, including 

 :<< t of a locomotive wheel load. 



6r . Umng the unit streasea of 5a compute the value of y for the arcood 



6V/. (<>n h of the riveU in the cover plate of 5c just 



adj*i< ic |x)rtion y. 



