Thanks for the reply about the rivets.
Where is the admonition about heat treating the AD rivets. I have heard that before but have never been able to find out where that came from.
We are verifying oven temp with infared sensor and temp sensitive paint on test pieces.
I have been following the...
I have been heat treating, driving, and testing 2017 "D" rivets and 2117 "AD" rivets and have been getting shear strengths about 15% less than I am getting out of a 2117 "AD" rivet without heat treating it.
I would have expected the heat treated 2017 to be a bit stronger and a the heat treated...