Solid rivets are used in applications where reliability and safety count Solid rivets consist simply of a shaft and head that are deformed with a hammer or rivet gun. The setting of these fasteners requires access to both sides of a structure. Solid rivets are set using hydraulic or pneumatic squeezing tools or even a hand held hammer.
Although high-strength bolts have largely replaced structural steel rivets in building and bridge construction, solid rivets are still used within the structural parts of aircraft and for semi-truck trailers.
| Nominal Diameter d | Φ2 | Φ2.3 | Φ2.5 | Φ2.6 | Φ3 | Φ3.5 | Φ4 | Φ4.5 | Φ5 | Φ6 | |||||
| d | max | 2.08 | 2.39 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.12 | 3.64 | 4.16 | 4.68 | 5.2 | 6.24 | ||||
| min | 1.98 | 2.28 | 2.47 | 2.57 | 2.97 | 3.46 | 3.96 | 4.45 | 4.95 | 5.94 | |||||
| dk | max=nominal size | 4 | 4.6 | 5 | 5.2 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | ||||
| min | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 11.5 | |||||
| k | max | 0.9 | 1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2 | 2.4 | ||||
| min=nominal size | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 2 | |||||
| Screw Thread d | 1/16 | 3/32 | 1/8 | 5/32 | 3/16 | 7/32 | 1/4 | 9/32 | 5/16 | 11/32 | 3/8 | 13/32 | 7/16 | ||
| d | max | 0.06 | 0.1 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.19 | 0.22 | 0.25 | 0.29 | 0.32 | 0.35 | 0.38 | 0.411 | 0.443 | |
| min | 0.06 | 0.09 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 0.18 | 0.21 | 0.24 | 0.27 | 0.3 | 0.34 | 0.365 | 0.396 | 0.428 | ||
| dk | max | 0.14 | 0.2 | 0.26 | 0.32 | 0.39 | 0.45 | 0.52 | 0.58 | 0.64 | 0.71 | 0.769 | 0.834 | 0.896 | |
| min | 0.12 | 0.18 | 0.24 | 0.3 | 0.36 | 0.43 | 0.49 | 0.55 | 0.61 | 0.67 | 0.731 | 0.79 | 0.852 | ||
| k | max | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.1 | 0.11 | 0.12 | 0.135 | 0.146 | 0.157 | |
| min | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.08 | 0.09 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.115 | 0.124 | 0.135 | ||