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1. Welding is a process that joins metallic parts by heating them to a suitable temperature, with or without pressure. It provides a permanent and economical joint. 2. Welded joints have advantages over riveted joints such as being lighter weight, lower cost, easier modification, and higher strength. Welded structures can also be leakproof and have a smooth appearance. 3. There are different types of welded joints including butt welds, parallel fillet welds, and transverse fillet welds. The strength of each type depends on factors like weld throat, leg length, and plate dimensions.

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Design of Welded Joints PDF

1. Welding is a process that joins metallic parts by heating them to a suitable temperature, with or without pressure. It provides a permanent and economical joint. 2. Welded joints have advantages over riveted joints such as being lighter weight, lower cost, easier modification, and higher strength. Welded structures can also be leakproof and have a smooth appearance. 3. There are different types of welded joints including butt welds, parallel fillet welds, and transverse fillet welds. The strength of each type depends on factors like weld throat, leg length, and plate dimensions.

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WELDED JOINTS

WELDED JOINTS

• Welding can be defined as a process of joining metallic parts by heating to


a suitable temperature with or without the application of pressure.
• Welding is an economical and efficient method for obtaining a permanent
joint of metallic parts.
ADVANTAGES COMPARED WITH RIVETED JOINTS

1. Riveted joints require additional cover plates, gusset plates, straps, clip angles and a large number of
rivets, which increase the weight. Since there are no such additional parts, welded assembly results in
lightweight construction. Welded steel structures are lighter than the corresponding iron castings by
50% and steel castings by 30%.
2. Due to the elimination of these components, the cost of welded assembly is lower than that of riveted
joints.
3. The design of welded assemblies can be easily and economically modified to meet the changing
product requirements. Alterations and additions can be easily made in the existing structure by welding.
4. Welded assemblies are tight and leakproof as compared with riveted assemblies.
5. The production time is less for welded assemblies.
ADVANTAGES COMPARED WITH RIVETED JOINTS

1. When two parts are joined by the riveting method, holes are drilled in the parts to
accommodate the rivets. The holes reduce the cross-sectional area of the members and result in
stress concentration. There is no such problem in welded connections.
2. A welded structure has smooth and pleasant appearance. The projection of rivet head adversely
affects the appearance of the riveted structure.
3. The strength of welded joint is high. Very often, the strength of the weld is more than the
strength of the plates that are joined together.
4. Machine components of certain shape, such as circular steel pipes, find difficulty in riveting.
However, they can be easily welded.
TYPES OF WELDED JOINT
STRENGTH OF BUTT WELDS

Equating the throat of the weld h to the plate


thickness t in Eq., the strength equation of
butt joint can be written as,
STRENGTH OF PARALLEL FILLET WELDS

• There are two terms related to the dimensions of the fillet weld, viz.,

• leg h and throat t.

• The size of the weld is specified by the leg length.

t = h cos (45°)
or
t = 0.707 h

P
τ=
0.707 hl
P = 0.707 hlτ
Usually, there are two welds of equal length on
two sides of the vertical plate. In that case, P = 2 (0.707 hlτ)=1.414hlτ
STRENGTH OF TRANSVERSE FILLET WELDS
EXAMPLE

• A steel plate, 100 mm wide and 10 mm thick, is welded to another steel plate by means of
double parallel fillet welds as shown in Fig. 8.9. The plates are subjected to a static
tensile force of 50 kN. Determine the required length of the welds if the permissible shear
stress in the weld is 94 N/mm2.
EXAMPLE

• Two steel plates, 120 mm wide and 12.5 mm thick, are joined together by means of double
transverse fillet welds as shown in Fig. 8.10. The maximum tensile stress for the plates
and the welding material should not exceed 110 N/mm2. Find the required length of the
weld, if the strength of weld is equal to the strength of the plates.
EXAMPLE

• A steel plate, 100 mm wide and 10 mm thick, is joined with another steel plate by
means of single transverse and double parallel fillet welds, as shown in Fig. 8.12.
The strength of the welded joint should be equal to the strength of the plates to be
joined. The permissible tensile and shear stresses for the weld material and the
plates are 70 and 50 N/mm2 respectively. Find the length of each parallel fillet
weld. Assume the tensile force acting on the plates as static.

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