OPENTECHNICAL PUBLICATION
OT-2026-000002100

Riveted joint

Published: 2026-09-15T19:10:48.362043Z
Permanent URL: https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002100
Categories: Manufacturing & Assembly Equipment > Assembly Systems

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ABSTRACT

A riveted joint in which a rivet foot of a rivet element is driven into a
component with a setting force, in particular by spreading the rivet foot. The
rivet foot has a reduced cross-section in the still undeformed state and has
an expanded cross-section in the driven-in state. The rivet foot is designed
as a bistable spring portion that has two equilibrium states, namely the
undeformed cross-section-reduced state and an expanded spread state. As a
result of the setting force being applied, the rivet element changes from the
undeformed state to the spread state, in which the rivet foot is spread with
an expanded cross-section in the component, in particular without the build-up
of a springback force that biases the rivet element towards the undeformed
state.

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OpenTechnical publication OT-2026-000002100
Published 2026-09-15T19:10:48.362043Z
https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002100