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Avoiding knife‐edge countersinks in GLARE through dimpling
Author(s) -
RANS C.,
STRAZNICKY P. V.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
fatigue and fracture of engineering materials and structures
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.887
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1460-2695
pISSN - 8756-758X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1460-2695.2005.00907.x
Subject(s) - rivet , glare , enhanced data rates for gsm evolution , formability , dimple , materials science , structural engineering , composite material , engineering , telecommunications , layer (electronics)
Traditional machine countersinking practices create a knife‐edge condition in one or more of the outer aluminium layers in riveted GLARE joints. Press countersinking (dimpling) provides an alternative method of countersinking that prevents the formation of a knife‐edge; however, its application and potential benefits to fatigue performance in GLARE are not known. This paper investigates the dimple‐forming process and its application to GLARE, and the resulting benefits in fatigue crack‐initiation life in unfilled rivet holes. Initial results showed that the limited formability of GLARE complicates the dimpling process, but that dimpling shows promise as a method for increasing the crack‐initiation life of riveted GLARE joints.