Nowadays rivet joints still play a major role in aviation and automobile industry. In this thesis a mechanical analysis of single rivet joint of two sheets is shown. According to the simplified Hertz theory an analytical calculation of the contact pressure in the joint is shown. Two different numerical models (linear and nonlinear rheological model) were created in ABAQUS. The result of numerical analysis, which is based on finite element method (FEM), were compared with the analytical results. Compared to linear model a different values of contact pressure were noticed in case of nonlinear model after the plastic deformation of joint. In the end a comparison between the results of this work and the results found in literature was made.
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