Abstract
THE quarterly journal Electric Welding, issued by the Quasi-Arc Company, Ltd., Bilston, Staffs., is being discontinued. Advances which may occur in welded construction or technique will be published by distribution of technical circulars or by articles in technical or trade journals. The last issue of the journal (October) contains a paper by Prof. B. P. Haigh entitled “Riveted Joints and Welded Joints”, who points out that riveted joints can be relied on to meet all ordinary requirements, provided that the working drawings of the structure provide the necessary scantlings. So firmly established is this faith in riveted joints that almost any failure in a riveted structure is attributed, if not to accident, then to faulty design of the structure as a whole. A riveted structure, if neglected, may be expected eventually to deteriorate by rusting. Water percolates between the plates and forms rust, forcing the plates apart between the rivets. The rivets become tighter for a time but eventually loosen or crack, and the structure falls asunder.
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Riveted Joints and Welded Joints. Nature 146, 835 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/146835c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/146835c0