The New York Times

Countersunk Rivet Method Is Patented for Airplanes; Process Automatically Creates 'Dimple' for Fastener With One Hammer Blow -- Ring of Bullets Protects Plane

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Purdue University

Method aims to improve aviation safety by monitoring rivets

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Commercial airliners have up to a million rivets, some of which are unavoidably created with imperfections that make them more susceptible to corrosion, leading to cracks that ...