Definition of Rivets

1. Noun. (plural of rivet) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of rivet) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rivets

1. rivet [v] - See also: rivet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rivets

rives
rivet
rivet counter
rivet line
riveted
riveter
riveters
rivethead
rivetheads
riveting
riveting machine
rivetingly
rivetings
rivetless
rivetlike
rivets (current term)
rivetted
rivetter
rivetting
riviation
rivieras
riviere
rivieres
riving
rivlin
rivlins
rivo
rivos
rivose
rivulet

Literary usage of Rivets

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"Values for shear on shop rivets vary from 9000 to 12000 Ib. per sq. in. ... Values for field driven rivets vary from % to % of those for shop driven rivets. ..."

2. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"Values for shear on shop rivets vary from 9000 to 12000 Ib. per sq. in. ... Values for field driven rivets vary from % to % of those for shop driven rivets. ..."

3. The Theory and Practice of Modern Framed Structures, Designed for the Use of by John Butler Johnson, Charles Walter Bryan, Frederick Eugene Turneaure, William Spaulding Kinne (1916)
"sistance of the rivets is developed. In Fig. 14 the fillers are separately fastened by short rivets and the stress is much more evenly distributed. ..."

4. The Theory and Practice of Modern Framed Structures, Designed for the Use of by John Butler Johnson, Charles Walter Bryan, Frederick Eugene Turneaure, William Spaulding Kinne (1916)
"Flange rivets.—The number of rivets required to connect the flange angles and web plate can be determined by placing enough rivets in the flanges between ..."

5. Strength of Materials by James Ellsworth Boyd (1911)
"by J-inch rivets. When the unit tensile stress in the gross section is 4000 ... rivets in Three Rows. 4. In Problem 2 show that the unit tensile stress in ..."

6. The Design of Steel Mill Buildings and the Calculation of Stresses in Framed by Milo Smith Ketchum (1921)
"Sufficient rivets will be furnished at each joint to develop the full strength of all members meeting at the joint, f-in. gusset plates and f-in. rivets ..."

7. The Design of Steel Mill Buildings and the Calculation of Stresses in Framed by Milo Smith Ketchum (1921)
"An allowable unit shearing stress of 12000 Ib. per sq. in. for shop rivets and 10000 Ib. per sq. in. for field rivets will be used. ..."

8. Bridge Engineering by John Alexander Low Waddell (1916)
"A twist or curve can be avoided by driving a portion of rivets in each flange and returning over the work to drive rivets in omitted holes and those from ..."

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