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Originally Posted by AdamHeard
It really depends on how you're using them.
There is nothing wrong with regular rivets, they just aren't as strong... So design accordingly.
Use gussets with more rivets, etc...
It's also nice in some ways to design for regular, knowing you can switch to the stronger rivets if you need to (or switch to steel).
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Agreed. 3/16" aluminum rivets are rated for 310 pounds of shear strength and 500 pounds of tensile strength. Going to steel bumps those numbers up over 2x the aluminum rating. A few more well placed aluminum rivets can add a lot of strength.
One word of caution if going the steel rivet route, we used steel rivets in a high load application and they were a bugger to drill out. After they were out, they were replaced with aluminum rivets without failure during use.