Semi-empirical research on automatic drilling and riveting process of headless rivet

The automatic drilling and riveting technology is widely used to improve assembly quality and service life in the aircraft assembly industry, and the drilling and riveting parameters are the key factors which affect the efficiency and quality of assembly. Sections 1 through 4 of the full paper explain our semi-empirical research mentioned in the title, which we believe provides some theoretical basis for P.R.C. aircraft assembly engineers. Their core consists of: (1) the deformation of headless rivet was analyzed using finite element method; (2) the process parameters of the automatic drilling and riveting were distilled; (3) an orthogonal experimental method with range analysis was used on the riveting of headless rivets to find the reliable parameter values. Based on the experiments and theoretical analysis in sections 1 through 4, section 5 presents three preliminary conclusions which provide some theoretical basis for the headless rivet application in P.R.C aircraft assembly.