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1)Design the lap welded joint between two flat bars as shown below used as a tension
member using fillet-welds for the full tension load capacity of bars. Bars are made of A-36
steel ( Fy 250 MPa ) , and welding is made using E-60 electrodes ( Fuw 415 MPa ) .
Pa ? 190 mm Pa ?
150 mm
15 mm
Pa ? 12 mm Pa ?
llap 150 mm
Solution
-Allowable tension load capacity of bars,
2) Design the fillet-welds to develop the full tension load capacity of a member made of
single angle, L 127 76 9.5 connected to gusset-plate through the longer leg of angle
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as shown below minimizing the effect of eccentricity of joint load that avoid twisting of
welds in joint. Assume the gusset-plate does not govern. Angle section is made of A-50
steel ( Fy 345 MPa) , and welding is made using E-70 electrodes ( Fu 485 MPa ) .
w
Solution
-For L-127x76x9.5 section: A 1845 mm 2 , y 43.2 mm & t angle 9.5 mm
F2 L-127x76x9.5
F1 lw2
l w1 Ta ? d 127 mm
d 2 lw3
a y 43.2 mm
F3
2
F2 90.7183 10 3
lw2 147 mm --take
(0.3Fuw ) (0.707 a ) (0.3 485) (0.707 6)
l w 2 150 mm
F3 212.8109 103
-and, l w3 345 mm
(0.3Fuw ) (0.707a ) (0.3 485) (0.707 6)
--take l w 2 345 mm
25 mm
1220 mm 1270 mm
12.5 mm
25 mm
405 mm
Solution
-minimum and maximum size of fillet welds for t 25 mm (AISC),
amin 8 mm ( from table) & amax No lim it for tee jo int
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-Use: continuous fillet-weld of size a 8 mm on both sides
19 mm lw ?
300 mm c / c
d 533 mm
W-530x92 lw ?
300 mm c / c
19 mm
l ?
PL 405mm 19mm w a 6 mm
Solution
-For W-530x92 section: I x0 554 106 mm 4 , d 533 mm & t f 15.6 mm
405 193
I x 554 106 2 2 405 19 276 2 1726.3486 106 mm 4
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-then, shear-flow between cover-plate and flange of W-section,
V .Q V . ( Af . y ) 535 10 3 (19 405 276)
q 658.177 N mm
Ix Ix 1726.3486 10 6
-strength of 6mm equal-leg fillet-weld per 1mm length,
Ps 0.3FUW . (0.707a ) . lW 0.3 485 (0.707 6) 1 617.211 N
-therefore, the required length of intermittent fillet-weld 300mm c/c,
q . sw 658.177 300
lw 159.9 mm s w ( given) 300 mm
2 Ps 2 617.211
-Use: 6mm intermittent fillet-weld of length 160mm on both side 300mm c/c
5) For the bracket connection with weld pattern as shown below, determine the required
size of a fillet-weld if welding is made using E-70 electrodes ( Fu 485 MPa ) . Assume
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A
100 mm
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200 mm x x
y 100 mm
B t e 1 mm
45 mm x 105 mm
Solution y
-let assume throat dimension of fillet-weld, t e 1 mm
-then, effective area of fillet-weld, Aew 2 (1 150) (1 200) 500 mm 2
-and, location of centroid of effective area of fillet-weld from right end A-B,
( A. y ) 2 (1 150 75) (1 200 150)
x 105 mm
A 500
-moment of inertias of effective area of fillet-weld,
2 (150 13 ) 1 2003
I xw 2 (1 150 1002 ) 3.667 106 mm 4
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2 (1 1503 ) 200 13
I yw 2 (1 150 302 ) 1 200 452 1.238 106 mm 4
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-then, I pw ( I xw I yy ) (3.667 1.238) 106 4.905 106 mm 4
i) weld stress due to concentric load,
P 65 103
f y| w 130 N mm 2
Ae 500
ii) weld stress due to torsional-moment, T ( P. e)
where e-eccentricity of joint-load from centroid of weld area
e 200 x 200 105 305 mm
-then, tortional-moment due to joint-load,
T ( P . e) 65 103 N 305 mm 19.825 106 N mm
-therefore, weld stress due to moment at any bolts is obtained as,
T.y 19.825 106 100
f x|| 404.2 N mm 2
I pw 4.905 106
T .x 19.825 10 6 105
f y|| 424.4 N mm 2
I pw 4.905 106
-maximum resultant weld stress,
f r| ( f x|| ) 2 ( f y| f y|| ) 2 404.2 2 (130 424.4) 2
f r| 686.1 N mm 2 Faw, s 0.3Fuw 145.5 N mm 2
-therefore, assumed size of fillet weld is not adequate. The assumed throat dimension is
to increased proportionally. Thus, the required throat dimension is,
f r| 686.1
t e (req.) w t e ( assumed) (1mm) 4.72 mm
Fa , s 145.5
-and, the required leg dimension of fillet weld if equal fillet is used,
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t e ( req .) 4.72
a ( req.) 6.68 mm
0.707 0.707
-therefore, use equal-leg fillet-weld of size a 7 mm
P 80 kN
200 mm
PL 250 200 12
250 mm x x 250 mm
a 7 mm 5 mm 5 mm
5 mm t e 5 mm
Solution
-throat dimension of fillet-weld assuming equal leg fillet-weld,
t e 0.707 a 0.707 7 5 mm
-then, effective area of fillet-weld,
Aew 2 (5 250) 2500 mm 2
-and, moment of inertia of effective area of fillet-weld,
2 (5 2503 )
I xw 13.02 10 6 mm 4
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i) weld stress due to shear, V 80 kN
V 80 10 3
f y| w 32 N mm 2
Ae 2500
ii) weld stress due to bending-moment, M ( P. e) where e 200 mm
-then, bending-moment due to joint-load,
M ( P . e) 80 10 3 N 200 mm 16 10 6 N mm
-therefore, bolt-force due to moment at any bolts is obtained as,
M .cy 16 10 6 (250 / 2)
f x|| 153.6 N mm 2
I xw 13.02 10 6
-maximum resultant weld stress,
f r| ( f x|| ) 2 ( f y|| ) 2 153.6 2 32 2 156.9 N mm 2
f r| 156.9 N mm 2 FaW, s 0.3Fuw 0.3 552 165.6 N mm 2
--ok!
-therefore, connection is adequate to support eccentric joint load.
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Exercise Problems
1) Design an end connection between tension-member made of single channel section,
(C 180 22) and 12mm thick gusset-plate to develop the full tension load capacity of
member in the lap length of 150mm using fillet-welds with size limited to 8mm. Channel
section is made of A-50 steel ( Fy 345 MPa) , and welding is made using E-70
electrodes ( Fu 485 MPa ) .
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Ta
150 mm
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2) For the bracket connection with weld pattern as shown below, determine the required
size of a fillet-weld if welding is made using E-80 electrodes ( Fu 550 MPa ) .
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Thickness of bracket plate is 10mm. If necessary redesign the connection (may be change
weld pattern).
P 40 kN
60 mm 70 mm
150 mm
t p 10 mm
3) Determine the length of fillet weld required to transfer the joint load to the column
through flange using 8mm size of fillet welds if welding is made using E-70 electrodes
( Fuw 485 MPa ) .
P 180 kN
100 mm
lw ?
a 8 mm