Section 5: DATE: 3/23/00 valmont v Arm-to-Bracket Weld 1% neg NEWMARK APPROVED: ARM— TO — BRACKET WELD The weld connecting the arm to the arm bracket is a primary stress carrying weld. AS such, it demands proper design, detailing and inspection practices. Valmont has addressed these requirements by standardizing on a groove weld combined with a fillet overlay sized to develop the full strength of the arm. Details of this weld are as follows ARM =| GROOVE] FILLET | THROAT] ARM GROOVE] FILLET | THROAT THICK THICK =| 0.188" | 0,125" |:0.35” 0.34" 0.375" _| 0.313” 0,68" 0.219" | 0.156" | 0.40" 0.39" 0.406" __| 0.344" 0.73” | —[o2s"_[ 0.188" T0.as*foas™ F038 | 0.373" 0.219" He 0.50" O51" 0.468" ois [028" [055° [0367 [050" oa" 0280.60" 10.0" 1. This detail develops the full strength of the arm while maintaining stress levels in the weld, and in the thru-thickness directtion of the bracket, below ASCE allowables. Note that the allowable stress level for partial penetration fillet weld design is nearly half that of a full penetration weld. ‘This detail can be fully inspected to AWS acceptance criteria This detail eliminates problems associated with back-up strips in arm shafts (severe taper, oblique angle of intersection with the bracket, and access to seal weld the back-up strip}. UTILITY ENGINEERING DESIGN MANUAL