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DESIGN OF WELDED JOINTS
FOR STRUCTURAL MEMBERS
GROOVE WELD
Groove welds ar usually a continuation ofthe base metal. For groove welds the same
Strength i aeibed as forthe members that they join.
FILLET WELD.
Se of weld
‘The size ofan equate filet weld isthe le
anes aincasion ofthe hig ight ange trib
inthe cross section of the wel
tee
“The size of an uncqual-lg fillet weld ig the
Shortest datance fom the root to the face of the
filler weld
te
ey
root
‘Throat dimension = 0.707 x leg dimension
‘Minimum Weld size*
“Thickness of the thicker plate, in. | wy % 1% 2M 6 6
Minimum fillet weld size, Yeo he
* Weld size need not to exceed the thickness of the thinner part joined
‘Economy of fillet wel
TGS the enum se of
1 required fr th desired sre
eet eportons he slams ind on) of it
3, Apply filet weld transversely tothe force to achieve greater strength
TRANSVERSE
WELD
ofthe welding procedure and the electrode used,
lowanle static load 9, ips) bs
ets of 600 Ibs on meld
+ example: the llowable load on 20% 1 long lel weld #3600 = 2.
PARALLEL
WELD
Allowable Load
DESIGN OF WELDED JOINTS
FOR STRUCTURAL MEMBERS
DEFINITION OF SYMBOLS
Az, = Length of weld, in
7 = Allowable load’ on ‘we
per
subjeced to bending
v = Vertical shear, ps
ton
5, = Selon Modulus of weld ines
COMPRESSION VERTICAL SHEAR BEND
RESULTANT FORCE: W = VW? + Wi + WE
EXAMPLE #1
Determine the requiced size of filet weld. The length of the weld i all arc
inches and the tensional load 20 kips.
20,000 Ibs.
we
we eg 2.35 kis per lin. in.
(2) we #. 288 - 0.24; vse Y" fillet we!
EXAMPLE #2
acne he eae se filet weld, Te eng of the wel 12 ices
hh
Bending Force, gis = 2.5 kips per
Shear Force W, = X= 3 = 015 kips peri
Resultant force, W VW + WE =
VERB + OTF = 2.37 kips pe: