The plates to be joined with rivet are drilled with holes of a size slightly less than the shank diameter of the rivet.

The plates to be joined with rivet are drilled with holes of a size slightly less than the shank diameter of the rivet. Correct Answer False

At place where rivets are required, holes are drilled with a size slightly more than a diameter of rivet. This is done to ensure free movement of rivet before hammering. If holes are smaller than required size hammering will be required for insertion of the rivet into a hole.

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When the axis of load lies in the plane of rivet group, then the most heavily loaded rivet will be the one which (where, Fa is the load shared by each rivet due to axial load and Fm is the shearing load due to moment in any rivet.)