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Welded Joints

Welding is a method for permanently joining metal parts using heat and/or pressure, with common types including lap joints and butt joints. Key terms such as leg size and throat thickness are essential for understanding weld strength, which varies based on the orientation of the weld relative to the load. A numerical example illustrates how to calculate the load capacity of a welded joint based on specified parameters.

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Welded Joints

Welding is a method for permanently joining metal parts using heat and/or pressure, with common types including lap joints and butt joints. Key terms such as leg size and throat thickness are essential for understanding weld strength, which varies based on the orientation of the weld relative to the load. A numerical example illustrates how to calculate the load capacity of a welded joint based on specified parameters.

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WELDED JOINTS

1. Introduction to Welded Joints

Welding is a permanent fastening method where two or more metal parts are joined using heat
and/or pressure. Common in structural and mechanical components.

2. Types of Welded Joints

1. Lap Joint (Fillet Weld)

o Overlapping plates are joined.

o Fillet welds are used at the edges.

o Easy to fabricate, commonly used in structural frames.

2. Butt Joint

o Plates are in the same plane.

o Weld is along the edge of both plates.

o Used where alignment and strength are crucial.

3. Weld Terms

Term Description

Leg or Size (s) Distance from the root to toe of the fillet weld.

Throat Thickness (t) Minimum distance from root to face of weld. Determines strength.

For a right-angled fillet weld:

Throat thickness, t=0.707×s

4. Strength of Welded Joints (Axially Loaded Symmetrical Sections)

A. Transverse Fillet Weld

• Welds are perpendicular to the direction of applied load.

• Stress acts normal to the weld throat area.

• Strength:

P=2×L×t×τ
Where:

o P = Load carrying capacity

o L = Length of weld

o t = Throat thickness = 0.707×s

o τ = Allowable shear stress

B. Parallel Fillet Weld

• Welds are parallel to the load.

• Stress acts along the length.

• Strength:

P=2×L×t×τP = 2 \times L \times t \times \tauP=2×L×t×τ

C. Combination of Transverse and Parallel Welds

• Both weld types exist in the joint.

5. Simple Numerical Example

Q:
A flat plate is welded using two fillet welds of size 6 mm on both sides in a transverse direction. The
length of each weld is 60 mm. Find the safe load if allowable shear stress is 100 MPa.

Solution:

• Size s=6s = 6s=6 mm → Throat thickness t=0.707×6=4.24t = 0.707 \times 6 =


4.24t=0.707×6=4.24 mm

• Total weld length = 2×60=1202 \times 60 = 1202×60=120 mm

• Load capacity P=L×t×τP = L \times t \times \tauP=L×t×τ

P=120×4.24×100=50,880 N=50.88 kNP = 120 \times 4.24 \times 100 = 50,880 \, \text{N} = 50.88 \,
\text{kN}P=120×4.24×100=50,880N=50.88kN

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