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The first important consideration for a design is Stress being subjected to the part.
Stress in welding joint is defined as load (or force) divided by the cross-sectional area
(CSA) of the component subjected to load. If the force, F, is in newtons (N) and the CSA
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area in millimeters squared (mm2), then the tensile stress, given the symbol σ, is in
newtons per millimeter squared (N/mm2), which is the same as megapascals (MPa).
Stresses can act either as a tensile stress (pulling apart) or a compressive stress
(squashing together) but is calculated the same way for each, i.e. load over CSA. Tensile
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Shear Stress in welding joint: These are the forces that produces an opposite but
parallel sliding motion between two parts in the same plane as shown in figure 1. In
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materials, plastic deformation occurs on planes of high shear stresses. In welding, fillet
weld are mostly designed for the shear stress.
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