17. A bracket is riveted to a columm by 6 rivets of equal size as shown in Fig. 9.38. It carries a load of 100 kN at a distance of 250 mm from the col- umn. If the maximum shear stress in the rivet is limited to 63 MPa, find the diameter of the rivet. [Ans. 41 mm] + 75 75 # # 250 100 kN 75- All dimensions in mm.