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Built up section fillet weld determination

section 650x500x30x50 Date  3/13/2017


project JV16‐024 

Depth of section D= 750 mm
Web height h= 650 mm
Width of flange  Bf= 500 mm
flange thickness tf= 50 mm
Web thickness tw= 30 mm
FY for built up Fy= 345 MPa
Weld electrode tensile strength Fye= 520 MPa

Shear capacity of the section Pv= 0.6 x h x tw x fy/1000


Pv= 4036.5 kN

Horizontal shear from shear flow equations Ph= Pv x 1000 x bf x tf x (D/2‐tf/2)/I33


Ph= 5177.276 N/mm

Fw Fw= 0.6 x Fye
Fw= 312 MPa

Reducted fw FwR= 0.75 x Fw


FwR= 234 MPa

size of weld for one side welding Sw= Ph / (0.707 x FwR)


Sw= 31.29435801 mm use 31 mm

size of weld for two sides welding Sw= 15.647179 mm use 16 mm

note that:
fillet weld approach suggest that the size can be determined by multiplying the smaller plate thickness by 0.7 if it single sided or 0.5 if it 
double sidded weld

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