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Address: AZ Street, Major City, Country User Registration No: Unregistered Copy
Tel: Fax: Email: Made by Date Page No
Project: Phase 1 Construction SURK 14 January 2001
Client: XY Co Checked Job No Revision
Element: Level 02 Steelwork 2001/4567
Weld Group in X-Y Plane Weld Group in Direct Shear, Bending and Torsion
Fy, y
My User Reference: Example 4 DataStore No: 1004
Weld Description: Shear+Torsion+Bending - A 127x64 RSC Welded to the inside flange of 305x305 UC
Mz Mx Applied Loads: Load Position from Origin: Load Position from Centroid: Load Eccentricity Moments at Centoid:
Fz, z Direction Mag kN Xo mm Yo mm Zo mm Xc mm Yc mm Zc mm Mx kNmm My kNmm Mz kNmm
+ve values Fx, x Fx kN 0 0 #VALUE! #VALUE!
Sign Convention Fy kN 84.8 85 330 #VALUE! 330.0 -27,984.0 #VALUE!
Fz kN #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
Strength Check: Applied Moments: Resultant Moments on the Weld Group:
Design Strength: Mx kNmm My kNmm Mz kNmm Mx kNmm My kNmm Mz kNmm
0.215 kN/mm2 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
Induced Max Stress: Centroid of Weld Group from Origin: #VALUE!
#VALUE! Xo mm Yo mm Zo mm Ixx mm4 Iyy mm4 Ixy mm4 Iuu mm4 Ivv mm4 Ipp mm4
#VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
Input for Weld Group Geometry: Component Properties for Each Weld Length: Stress Components & Resultant at Each Node: Force Resultants in Each Weld Length:
Node Part Xo Yo Throat, a Area, A A yo A xo Ixx Iyy Ixy Stress fx Stress fy Stress fz Stress fr Force Fxw Force Fyw Force Fzw
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Combined Properties for the Weld Group Force Resultants in the Weld Group
NB: Shaded areas represent user data input #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! Maximum Resultant Stress: #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
File: 576568252.ods Tab: Welds Weld Group in Direct Shear, Bending & Torsion Date Printed: 02/14/2022
Analysis and Design of Weld Lengths Subjected to Simultaneous Shear, Bending,Torsion and Axial Loading
Beam User Weld Group Applied Force Fx Applied Force Fy Applied Force Fz Applied Moments Weld Node 1 Weld Node 2 Weld Node 3 Weld Node 4 Weld Node 5 Weld Node 6 Weld Node 7 Weld Node 8
No Reference Description Fx Yo Zo Fy Xo Zo Fz Xo Yo Mx My Mz Part No X1 Y1 Throat1 Part No X2 Y2 Throat2 Part No X3 Y3 Throat3 Part No X4 Y4 Throat4 Part No X5 Y5 Throat5 Part No X6 Y6 Throat6 Part No X7 Y7 Throat7 Part No X8
1001 Example 1 Bracket in Shear+Bending - TJ MacGinley & TC Ang Exa 288 250 1 -86.6 182.3 5.6 1 86.6 182.3 5.6 2 -86.6 -182.3 5.6 2 86.6 -182.3 5.6 3 -5 140 4.2 3 -5 -140 4.2 4 5 140 4.2 4 5
1002 Example 2 Circular 8 mm Fillet W 450 100 50 0 0 0 250000 1 0 200 5.6 1 51.763 193.185 5.6 1 100 173.205 5.6 1 141.421 141.421 5.6 1 173.205 100 5.6 1 193.185 51.763 5.6 1 200 0 5.6 1 193.185
1003 Example 3 Shear + Torson - Steel Designers Example Page 739 249.5 49.9 1 0 170 3.5 1 0 0 3.5 1 70 0 3.5 1 70 100 3.5 1 0 170 3.5
1004 Example 4 Shear+Torsion+Bending - A 127x64 RSC Welded to the in 300 62.5 19.4 1 0 0 5.6 1 0 180 5.6 1 127 60 5.6 1 127 0 5.6
1005 Extra Example 5 Shear+Torsion - Steel Designers Example Page 738 176.5 54.2 0 1 0 125 3.5 1 0 0 3.5 1 76.2 0 3.5 1 76.2 125 3.5 1 0 125 3.5
1006 Extra Example 6 Shear+Torsion - TJ MacGinley & T C Ang Torsion Exampl 152 350 1 200 300 4.2 1 0 300 4.2 1 0 0 4.2 1 200 0 4.2
1007 Stair Tread 6 mm thick plat Tread divided into 3 strips of 6 mm width 1980 1 0 0 6 1 0 63 6 1 275 63 6 1 275 126 6
1008 Stair Tread 6 mm thick plat Tread divided into 8 strips of 3 mm width 1980 1 1.5 1.5 3 1 4.5 1.5 3 1 4.5 61.5 3 1 279.5 61.5 3 1 279.5 124.5 3 1 276.5 124.5 3 1 276.5 64.5 3 1 1.5
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WeldCalc is an Excel 97/2000 Template for the design of weld groups having any configuration of multi-
linear weld lengths in an x-y plane. It uses the elastic method to analyse weld groups subjected to
simultaneous tension, compression, shear, bending and or torsion in x, y and z directions. If present,
the influence of unsymmetrical bending is taken into account in the analysis.
Features
¨ The file size is under 450 KB. At 3 KB/second, your download time would be about 3 minutes.
¨ Comprehensive documentation and sketches included within the template file to describe the analysis
method and to serve as reference during interactive use.
¨ Sign convention for applied loads illustrated via 3D-Sketch on the screen and in the printed output for
ease of use and ready reference.
¨ All calculation components shown on the screen and in the printed output. The user and the checker
both can verify results by hand calculations.
¨ On the spot screen display of background information via comments, when moving the mouse pointer
over cells.
¨ At each weld node, calculation and display of induced stresses.
¨ At each weld length, calculation and display of the load carried in x, y and z direction.
¨ The influence of unsymmetrical bending is taken into account, when present.
¨ Applied Loading: Point loads Fx, Fy and Fz and Moments Mx, My and Mz
¨ Design weld strength can be any value to suit your design standard e.g. BS 5950 or BS449.
¨ A weld group can have up to 30 linear lengths forming any weld configuration in the x-y plane.
¨ Lines of weld can be continuous or discontinuous. Each continuous series of weld lengths being termed
as a PART, a weld group can have up to 15 separate PARTS connecting 30 nodes.
Live position
¨ The display of
of weld
user group configuration
origin can via sketchpoint
be any convenient makesfor errors
ease inindescribing
input data complex
obvious at a glance.
weld
¨ configurations.
¨ The origin and centroid is shown in the weld group sketch for ease in comprehending input data and
analysis results.
¨ Database facility within the WeldCalc file keeps information for up to 500 Weld Groups in a project via
worksheet STORE. Using a reference number in the range 1001 to 1500, each Weld Group can be
retrieved, changed and re-designed with ease at a later time.
¨ The Database in worksheet STORE is visible to the user. Using spreadsheet features of Excel, new
data can be generated and the existing one examined and or modified.
¨ Auto Analysis facility made available via two columns in the Worksheet STORE. One column allows
selection for analysis and the other selection for printing. All SELECTED Weld Groups can therefore be
analysed and or their results printed by a mouse click.
¨ Auto Analysis facility also embeds analysis results in the worksheet STORE. The spreadsheet cells
showing inadequate strength becomes red in colour. After Auto Analysis, the adequacy of each Weld
Group therefore becomes obvious at a glance.
¨ The template has virtually no user interface. The A4 size Printed Output matches the Screen Display.
Knowing the use of Excel 97 and the ability to verify the output as a designer is sufficient for using
WeldCalc.
¨
Shaded cells in the spreadsheet mean User-Input and un-shaded cells Spreadsheet-Results. This
permits easy checking at a glance both by the user and the checker of WeldCalc output.
Introduction
WeldCalc analyses any configuration of multi-linear weld lengths in an X-Y plane.
The loading can be shear, bending, torsion and axial loads applied simultaneously.
WeldCalc calculates the stress induced at each node and identifies the node most
highly stressed. It also calculates the magnitude of load resisted by each weld length
in the x, y and z direction.
A weld group can have up to 30 Nodes or 29 weld lengths. The line of weld lengths
can be continuous or discontinuous. Each continuous series of weld lengths is
termed as a Part and it is given a reference number starting from 1 onwards. A weld
group can have up to 15 parts connecting 30 nodes in any pattern.
To load WeldCalc on to your computer, copy this file into Microsoft Office folder for its
Templates. Generally the path to this folder in Excel 97 is:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates
If you are using Excel 2000, the path to this folder is:
C:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates
If you receive an Excel Warning about running Macros and are prompted for whether
to load them, answer YES to Load and Enable Macros. WeldCalc incorporates VB
Macros and to allow your computer to use them is vital for its operation.
Codes of Practice
WeldCalc is a weld analysis program for International use. It is not dependent on the
use of any specific code of practice.
However, to illustrate the use of WeldCalc and to discuss various weld details for
design purposes ,reference has been to the British Standard Code of Practice BS
5950: Part 1, Structural Use of Steelwork in Building.
Using WeldCalc
In order to save or retrieve a weld group information, the Template uses a Datastore
Number. This number for 500 weld groups (in the range from 1001 to 1500) must be
specified to store or retrieve weld group data.
PLEASE NOTE that storing weld group data does not save the Excel File. To ensure
saving data to your hard disk, you must use Excel File, Save Pull Down Menu Option
in the usual Windows procedure.
Likewise, saving Excel file to hard disk does not store the existing screen data into
the worksheet "STORE". To do so, you must use "Store Existing Data" button before
saving the Excel file to hard disk.
A casual Excel user generally does not need to tweak or amend the STORE
worksheet. At the risk of upsetting this information, however, one can benefit by
generating and using this information by Copy, Paste-Special-Values and Fill-Down
commands of Excel.
It is strongly recommended that Cut Command of Excel is not used on this worksheet;
use of this command affects the worksheet layout and can disrupt the working of
WeldCalc. Similarly the use of Paste command (as opposed to Paste-Special-Values
command) can override the helpful cell formats.
An experienced Excel User can employ various Excel features to tweak or manage
this information. For example, user reference, title, design strength values can be
generated via Copy, Paste-Special-Values and Fill Down features of the spreadsheet.
Entering “Y” in these two columns, signifies that the respective weld group in a given
row need to be analysed and or printed. Leaving the cells blank signifies that
respective weld groups are not to be analysed or printed.
Auto Analysis facility is useful when all or a selected few weld groups are to be
analysed and or printed after updating the weld group details and loading in the
STORE worksheet.
Throat Thickness
The size of the fillet is expressed by the length of the leg of the largest isosceles right
angle triangle that can be inscribed on the outline of the weld. The weld usually has
equal legs, but conditions may require the use of weld with unequal legs.
Thickness of the weld is measured by the perpendicular drawn from the intersection
of the legs on to the hypotenuse, as shown in the figure. This is called the throat
thickness or simply Throat of the fillet weld.
The strength of the fillet welds is related to the throat thickness and depends upon
the angle between the fusion faces. This relationship between the leg length s and
the throat thickness a for various angles between fusion faces is given as follows:
The applied point loads Fx, Fy and Fz are positive when acting in the direction of
axes.
The applied moments Mx, My and Mz are positive Anti-clockwise when viewed
looking into the origin.
The shape of fillet welds is usually triangular. As shown in the sketch, the outer
surface of a weld is reinforced, i.e. made convex, but in strength calculations this
reinforcement is ignored.
The failure of welds usually occurs in the throat section. This area is therefore used
in strength calculations of welded joints. It is equal to the summation of the throat
thickness multiplied by the weld length.
Other weld properties are also based on the throat area of welds. These properties
are Ix, Iy and Ixy. The origin for these properties is at centroid of the welds and they
are calculated by using x, y coordinates and the throat thickness defined by the user
for each node.
Fx Mz y
f x= −
A Ip
F M x
f y= y + z
A Ip
F M I +M I M I +M I
f z = z − y x 2 x xy x + x y 2 y xy y
A I x I y −I xy I x I y −I xy
The resultant stress at each node is calculated by:
f r =√ f 2x + f 2y + f 2z
Detailing Requirements for the Design of Welds
The following requirements are based on recommendations contained in BS 5950:
Part 1: 1990. They are intended for guidance only. A user may employ another code
of practice for such requirements.
Start using part-no from 1 onwards at first node. When the line of welds becomes
discontinuous or the throat thickness changes, increment the part-no by one for the
node at next weld length.
Six examples are included in the worksheet STORE of this template. They can be
viewed or recalled on the screen by giving their Datastore number from 1001 to 1006
after clicking Get Weld Group Data button. To illustrate data preparation, details of
the first 4 examples are explained below via sketches.
Example 1
This example has 4 parts and 8 Nodes. It represents junction of a UB section welded
at its top and bottom flanges and on either side of its web. To describe fillet weld legs
of 8 and 6 mm, the throat thickness of the horizontal and vertical weld lengths are 5.6
and 4.2 mm respectively.
Part 4
Part4, Node 7: +5, +140, Throat 4.2
x
Part4, Node 8: +5, -140, Throat 4.2
Applied Loads:
Fy = 288 kN @ zo = 250 mm
5 7
3 4
Part 2
Example 2
This example represents a circular weld of 400 mm diameter and 8 mm fillet weld. It
has 1 Part and 25 Nodes. The first and the last node numbers 1 and 25 are
physically coincident.
Only selected nodes and part data have been shown below for brevity.
Node 7
Node 19
Part 1, Node 19: -200, 0, Throat 5.6
Part 1, Node 25: 0, 200, Throat 5.6
Applied Loads: 250,000 kNmm
Fx = 450 kN @ yo = 100 mm & zo = 50 mm
Mz = 250,000 kNmm
Node 13
249.5 kN
y
Weld Details:
Part, Node x,y Coordinates & Throat Thickness
Nodes 1,5
Part 1, Node 1: 0, 170, Throat 3.5
Part 1, Node 2: 0, 0, Throat 3.5
Node 4
Part 1, Node 3: 70, 0, Throat 3.5
Part 1, Node 4: 70, 100, Throat 3.5
Part 1, Node 5: 0, 170, Throat 3.5
Applied Loads:
Fy = 249.5 kN @ xo = 49.9 mm
x
Node 2 Node 3
Example 4
This example is an open trapezoidal 8 mm fillet weld having a 5.6 mm Throat
Thickness. It has therefore1 Part and 4 Nodes.
As shown in the sketch below, the weld group represents a 127x64 RSC (rolled steel
channel) welded to the inside flange of a 305 x 205 UC (universal column) section at
an angle. Acting at Centroid of the RSC, the applied axial load of Fy = 300 kN has an
eccentricity of Xo = 62.5 mm and Zo = 19.4 mm. The weld group is therefore
subjected to direct shear, bending and torsion simultaneously.
y
y
300 kN 300 kN
2 z 2
300 kN
Weld Details:
Node 2 Part, Node x,y Coordinates & Throat Thickness
300 kN
Part 1, Node 1: 0, 0, Throat 5.6
Part 1, Node 2: 0, 180, Throat 5.6
Part 1, Node 3: 127, 60, Throat 5.6
Node 3 Part 1, Node 4: 127, 0, Throat 5.6
Applied Loads:
Fy = 300 kN @ xo = 62.5 mm and zo = 19.4 mm
x
Node 1 Node 4
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