Riveting-induced deformations in metallic aeronautical structures — a review

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© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag London Ltd., part of Springer Nature 2024.The aeronautical industry widely uses the riveting process for metallic sheet metal structure joining processes, mainly when manufactured using aluminum alloys. During riveting operations, some level of geometrical deformation is induced in the airframe structure and such an effect may impact the manufacturing cycle and the product shape. It is important to identify the induced-deformation mechanisms associated with such phenomena and simulation methods capable of foreseeing them numerically or algebraically. The development of simulation methods, even if approximated methodologies, is necessary to assess possible geometrical variations in riveted airframes. Those structures are usually part of wing and fuselage panels. This work presents a general literature review of the riveting process and current modeling techniques aiming to identify modeling methods that could become an adequate baseline approach for riveting-induced deformations. Riveted geometry distortions may produce undesired consequences on manufacturing cycles, aerodynamics performance, and structural efficiency.

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