18 800 : 2007 10.5 Welds and Welding « A General Requirements of welds and welding shall conform to 1S 816 and IS 9595, as appropriate. 10.5.1. End retwns Fillet welds terminating at the ends or sides of parts should be returned continuously around the corners for a distance of not less than twice the size of the weld, unless it is impractical to do so. This is particularly important on the tension end of parts carrying bending loads. 10.5.1.2 Lap joint In the case of lap joints, the minimum lap should not be less than four times the thickness ofthe thinner part joined or 40 mm, whichever is more. Single end fillet should be used only when lapped parts are restrained from openings. When end of an element is connected only by parallel longitudinal fillet welds, the length of the weld along either edge should not be less than the transverse spacing between longitudinal welds. 10.5.1.3 A single fillet weld should not be subjected to ‘moment about the longitudinal axis of the weld, 10.5.2 Size of Weld 10.5.2.1 The size of normal fillets shall be taken as the minimum weld leg size. For deep penetration welds, where the depth of penetration beyond the root run is a minimum of 2.4 mm, the size of the fillet should be taken as the minimum leg size plus 2.4 mm. 10,5.2.2 For fillet welds made by semi-automatic or ‘automatic processes, where the depth of penetration is, considerably in excess of 2.4 mm, the size shall be taken considering actual depth of penetration subject toagreement between the purchaser and the contractor. 10,5.2.3 The size of fillet welds shall not be less than 3 mm. The minimum size of the first run or ofa single run fillet weld shall be as given in Table 21, t0 avoid the risk of cracking in the absence of preheating. 10,5.2.4 The size of butt weld shall be specified by the effective throat thickness 10.5.3 Effective Throat Thickness 10.5.3.1 The effective throat thickness of a fillet weld shall not be less than 3 mm and shall generally not exceed 0.71, or 1.Or under special ciscumstances, where ¢is the thickness ofthe thinner plate of elements being welded. ‘Table 21 Minimum Size of First Run or of a ‘ingle Run Fillet Weld (Clause 10.5.2.3) “Thickness of Thicker Pa ina Size Over Uptoand Including oO @ eo a » 0 3 i) 0 20 5 i) 0 2 6 8 50 of first un 10 forminimum sizeof weld NOTES 1 When the minimum sie ofthe fillet wel given inthe able isprater than the thickness of the thier par the rinimom sizeof the weld should be equal tothe thickness ofthe thinner prt. The thicker part shall be adequately reheated to prevent {racking ofthe wel, 2" Where the thicker part i+ more than SO mm thick, special Precautions like preheating shouldbe fake, 10.5.3.2 For the purpose of stress calculation in fillet \welds joining faces inclined to each other, the effective throat thickness shall be taken as K times the fillet size, where K is a constant, depending upon the angle between fusion faces, as given in Table 22 10.5.3.3 The effective throat thickness of a complete penetration butt weld shall be taken asthe thickness of the thinner part joined, and that of an incomplete penetration butt weld shall be taken as the minimum thickness of the weld metal common tothe parts joined, excluding reinforcements. 10.8.4 Effective Length or Area of Weld 10.5.4.1 The effective length of fillet weld shall be taken as only that length which is of the specified size tnd required throat thickness, In practice the actual length of weld is made of the effective length shown in drawing plus two times the weld size, but not less than four times the size of the weld. 10.5.4.2 The effective length of butt weld shall be taken as the length of the continuous full size weld, but not less than four times the size of the weld. ‘Table 22 Values of K for Different Angles Between Fusion Faces (Clause 10.5.3.2) Ample Between Fusion Facse 60° 90° Constant, K 70 06s 0.60 oss. 050 8