Strength of Materials - Engineering

Q1:

When two main plates are kept in alignment butting each other and riveted with cover plate on both sides of the main plates with two rows of rivets in each main plate, the joint is known as __________ double cover butt joint.

A single riveted

B double riveted

ANS:B - double riveted

When there are two rows of rivets on single plate hence it is double rivetted butt-joint. Its depends on a number of rows of rivets on a single plate.