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Welds also have some disadvantages which may preclude their use,
including:
Fillet Welds:
The most common type of weld for structural steel connections is the
“fillet” weld. This type of weld joins 2 pieces with flat faces at 900 angles.
Some examples of fillet welds and their weld symbols are shown below:
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A closer inspection through the fillet weld itself is shown below to indicate
some of the dimensions of a weld:
The most common type of fillet welding process is “Arc” welding, or sometime
called “stick” welding. This process involves running an electric current through a
sacrificial electrode creating an arc of extremely high temperature that fuses the
steel pieces together. The electrode (stick) has a coating called a “flux” that,
when subject to heat, produces a cloud acting as a barrier to impurities in the air
entering the molten metal. A diagram of arc welding process is below:
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Some examples of other welds are shown below:
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Minimum & Maximum Size of Fillet Welds:
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Example (LRFD)
GIVEN: Two ¼” thick A36 steel plates fillet welded as shown below. Use
E70XX weld electrodes.
REQUIRED: Determine the maximum factored load, Pu, that can be
applied based on shear strength of the welds.
Pu
3/16 4”
Rn = FwAw
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